Why didn't I think of this before?

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  1. marlingardener

    marlingardener Happy

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    I have a small herb garden just outside the kitchen door, and those herbs get used a lot! The ones in the big herb garden near the barn, not so much.
    Well, last year I nearly killed the kitchen garden herbs by cutting too often. This year they are all in pots--even the ones in the big herb garden. I can easily rotate them and not over-use any one plant.
    Why didn't I think of doing this before? (Because I'm a slow learner :oops: ).
     
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    Chuckle....Ach it isn't all that bad is it now? ;)
     
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    Well as long as you got there eventually Jane. ;) Now you can have fresh herbs whenever you want them and no more worring about cutting them too much.
     



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    At least you've got it sorted now Jane :D
     
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    But now I'm wondering what else I've missed . . . .
     
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    I like that idea. I am going to have an area devoted to herbs and the like. I think i will pot them and plant the whole pot so I can rotate them if I would like.

    I do that with many of my flower garden plants mainly because I bring some of them into the greenhouse for the Winter.

    By doing this with my herbs, if I wanted to bring them in for the Winter I can easily do that.
     
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    I have 1 basil plant that I'm not sure if it's okay or not. I had a cilantro but I killed it. :( I don't know why I always kill my cilantro!
     
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    Cilantro doesn't live long to begin with. It usually bolts and goes to seed (this is what is known as coriander in the spice rack). I find it is much easier to toss a handful of seeds out in the flower/herb bed wherever suit you, and let it grow. I toss the seeds out when ever I think of it. Not just in the Spring. Cilantro likes cooler weather, btw.
     

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