Originally Posted by
JBord
Great idea. This is our first year since we didn't have room in the city for growing. We may plant smarter combos next year. But besides too much basil, we have parsley, cilantro, oregano, and rosemary. Certainly can supplement with something from the store to make a salad. When we moved in last year, we had invasive mint plants overtaking some flower beds and around our patio. While it needed to be done, I'm a little sorry my wife went on a mission to eradicate them all.
Yeah - we have enough for pesto, and I bought some pine nuts yesterday. Love the pho idea. While I love to eat Vietnamese, I haven't really made much of that cuisine.
Thanks for the ideas!
Hmm...are you sure you aren't my husband? Because that was us last year! I planted annuals in the ground, perennials in pots and had mint gone wild. This year I pulled out all of the mint (well, except for one little bit that keeps popping up between pavers) and put it in a pot, I bought a vertical planter that now is home to mainly annuals herbs (three kinds of thyme, rosemary, cilantro, parsley, dill, marjoram and oregano) and I've moved the thyme to the bed with the chives. I still have sage in a pot because I was sure it wasn't going to come back this spring, so I bought a new one, and now I have two sage plants -- it will get transplanted into the ground at some point. The reorganization, plus the addition of my garden plot a few blocks away, means I'm using about five fewer big pots (24" in diameter) than last year and am using considerably less patio space.