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Home & Garden > Do You like Herbs?

Do You like Herbs?

Well, Herb likes yours!

This is a hydroponic garden I decided to try this year. It has been so nice to have fresh herbs for cooking. It came with three kinds of basil, thyme, oregano, mint, and dill.

We don't have a perfect spot for it, so it's on top of the clothes dryer. I'm going to take it to Las Vegas, where there is more room for it.

My favorite is that basil there on the right. It has produced a lot, and I've trimmed it back several times. Second favorite is the dill. The next batch I grow will me more of that basil, dill, cilantro, and parsley.

In the style of Greatmartin, I'm also growing a sweet potato in a cup of water.

posted on Sept 21, 2012 8:29 PM ()

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love basil -- the aroma is hypnotic. It's a Greek, thing, I think. Anyway, my mom grew it and called it vasiliko.

comment by tealstar on Jan 4, 2013 4:42 PM ()

After my experience with fresh basil, I don't see how dried basil compares. I won't stop using the dried here and there, but I won't think of them as interchangeable.

reply by troutbend on May 6, 2013 12:21 PM ()

I had one of these, tried tomatoes and failed miserably. I just have no talent for plants!!!

comment by kristilyn3 on Oct 11, 2012 1:46 PM ()

I didn't like the looks of growing tomatoes in it, and don't think I would do lettuce, either. And certainly not petunias!

reply by traveltales on Oct 11, 2012 1:56 PM ()

Wow, they look so healthy! Is growing things hydroponically easier? We used to grow herbs in the garden and hope to do so again. It's so nice to be able to go outside and pick what you need. One of the houses we fixed up still had the original sage and chives I had planted when we lived there.

comment by maggiemae on Sept 23, 2012 1:05 PM ()

They are certainly easier to grow hydroponically up here in the mountains because our weather isn't always the best for gardens. And they really grow big. I've gotten a lot of harvests out of that basil.

reply by troutbend on Oct 11, 2012 1:31 PM ()

Your plants look like they are happy growing in your laundry room. Very lush.

comment by boots586 on Sept 22, 2012 5:13 PM ()

Those grow lights - I hate to think what they have done to the electric bill. The company sells grow light enhancers that are foil panels that go around the back and keep the light in. I'm going to make some soon.

reply by troutbend on Oct 11, 2012 1:33 PM ()

oooo I am jealous once again!

comment by kristilyn3 on Sept 22, 2012 8:51 AM ()

I think you'd really enjoy something like this for your veggie meals.

reply by troutbend on Oct 11, 2012 1:34 PM ()

And the aroma!!

comment by solitaire on Sept 22, 2012 7:02 AM ()

How cool is that!! The ultimate hydroponic garden, of course, is in the wonderful movie "Leaves of Grass" with Ed Norton doing a superb job as twin brothers. I just watched it again yesterday and highly recommend it.

comment by steve on Sept 22, 2012 6:02 AM ()

I'll be sure to watch it. Thanks for the tip.

reply by troutbend on Oct 11, 2012 1:34 PM ()

I love having fresh herbs and yours are so pretty. Mine are out in the
dirt so won't survive the winter.

comment by elderjane on Sept 22, 2012 3:20 AM ()

I want to see what I can do about planting some outside in Las Vegas and see how they do. The dirt there is sterile and like concrete, so people just make raised beds.

reply by troutbend on Oct 11, 2012 1:36 PM ()

So THAT'S where my Tupperware mug went!

comment by nittineedles on Sept 21, 2012 10:45 PM ()

Yup. Try and get it back.

reply by troutbend on Oct 11, 2012 1:37 PM ()

Yes--in fact I have a few herbs growing outside on the walkway!

I'm going to have to post a picture of the avocado I grew from seed--planted it in the ground and it is starting to grow nicely!

comment by greatmartin on Sept 21, 2012 8:53 PM ()

My poor little sweet potato seems to be struggling - it reached the number of leaves you see there, and then stopped growing. I gave it a tiny bit of liquid plant food, and one of the leaves died.

reply by troutbend on Oct 11, 2012 1:39 PM ()

We still have basil growing in a pot on the windowsill in the kitchen. Looks like if will continue right into the winter. Some other lemony thing we bought at the same time with very small leaves looks like an annual. but it is nice to have something fresh from the plant to add to salad.

comment by jjoohhnn on Sept 21, 2012 8:51 PM ()

It sounds like lemon thyme. We have a big patch of thyme out by the other house that has spread out and is doing well year after year.

reply by troutbend on Oct 11, 2012 1:41 PM ()

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