Herb garden!

[mousme]

I think I need to get myself a green man (or green woman? I think those exist too... if not, they should) icon.

Anyway, I stopped off at Canadian Tire today and got myself a bunch of herb seeds and pots in which to plant them. I bought thyme, rosemary, sweet basil, sweet marjoram, oregano, and mint. I also neatly labelled all my pots, so that I can tell them apart while they all still look like, well, dirt in a pot.

I am very excited. I should be seeing growth anywhere from a week to twenty-one days from now, and by the time summer is out the herbs will be nearly fully grown, supposing I don't manage to kill them all in the meantime.

Does anyone have any idea if and how I might grow these for seed at one point? I'd love to start a huge unstoppable colony of herbs. It's just that I know diddly-squat about how to go about instigating the circle of life, here.

I didn't get all the herbs I wanted. I may go back in search of parsley and sage (so I can have a proper Scarborough Fair mix), but I think we have sage in the garden already if memory serves. Anyway, I'm sure there are plenty of herbs I could grow, once I find a suitable spot for them. Right now my only problem is that I lack horizontal storage space with adequate lighting. I may sacrifice the position of honour by the window that I've given to the cat tree up until now, so that my herbs will grow. I'm sure the cats will understand.

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We do indeed have sage in the garden. It's the big leafy shrub with masses of purple flower spikes. The little, less leafy shrub with masses of purple flower spikes (not all of which have bloomed yet) is the lavender.