2025 - Garden thread
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Lots of herbs are cut and grow again, allowing you a long(er) harvest period. But there are some... like cilantro, that, for me at least, grow and you harvest or lose it but they don't grow again. They are a "hot" crop, grow fast, and die fast. Succession planting is the only way to have fresh. Maybe that is different in cooler, less humid climates, but that's sure the way it grows here.
My favorites are thyme, parsley (italian or flat leaf, not curly), and green onions. I've got one thyme plant about 2 feet in diameter, that I use for all my cooking, my contract cooking and my church cooking. I've cut that thing down to just a few leaves left and in a couple of weeks, there's enough again to use. It survived the snow storm and now it is surviving 98 degree days in full sun.
Sage is my nemesis in the herb world. I get one going well and the afternoon, steamy monsoon season sets in and the sage says, "I'm outta here."
My favorites are thyme, parsley (italian or flat leaf, not curly), and green onions. I've got one thyme plant about 2 feet in diameter, that I use for all my cooking, my contract cooking and my church cooking. I've cut that thing down to just a few leaves left and in a couple of weeks, there's enough again to use. It survived the snow storm and now it is surviving 98 degree days in full sun.
Sage is my nemesis in the herb world. I get one going well and the afternoon, steamy monsoon season sets in and the sage says, "I'm outta here."
Try sage in a big pot that will get full sun, a little rain, but not drown in the monsoons. Mine grows in real crappy soil and it's been soaked with 2-4" of rain in one storm after another this year. It doesn't want or need rich soil, so you could probably mix half local soil & half bagged topsoil (it'll hold enough moisture you won't have to water terribly often if you're getting regular showers).
I'm working on getting the fall garden going. All the annuals died in the steamy heat as it does every summer. So.... on to assorted fall greens, onions and garlic. Might put in a few broccoli plants, they do well in the weather, but are a still act like insect bait until mid-October, so they'll be a fight... maybe no broccoli this year.
Everyone's gardens around here did poorly this year. Even truck gardens had less than wonderful harvests. The insect pressure was greater than normal, the snow last January has been blamed for that. I haven't figured that one out, you'd think the cold would have reduced the insects, but it is Florida. Bugs here might have seen the snow as an aphrodisiac.
Everyone's gardens around here did poorly this year. Even truck gardens had less than wonderful harvests. The insect pressure was greater than normal, the snow last January has been blamed for that. I haven't figured that one out, you'd think the cold would have reduced the insects, but it is Florida. Bugs here might have seen the snow as an aphrodisiac.
