5 days after pruning it down (and raising the lights one click) time to harvest again. This is the biggest they’ve been. For instance, the Purple Basil, has doubled it’s growth. (went from 3 sets of leaves on the stem to 6 or more!) Two weeks, before and after, with 3 or 4 trimmings between!
I’ve been cutting herbs twice a week for a while now, and we’ve been snacking on them too. Well, sampling really.Even the ones I’ve previously disliked are pretty tasty. Never noticed the citrusy flavor in dried cilantro – just a “soapy” quality that I’d always substitute parsley for. And fresh dill is pretty nice, just a faint aftertaste that must get amplified (and ruined) in the drying process. I’ve got 1/4 pound of herbs! (tare weight) in...
The temperature rose into the 40s for Christmas Eve and Day, melted down some of the snow in the yard, but it’s still a very white Christmas in these parts… Despite all the snow. I’ll be having fresh herbs in about a month.My wife got me an aeroponic indoor herb garden. And it’s organic to boot! And here I was envisioning months of planning and pouring over the seeds of change catalog, before I could even begin… I will have to wait to plant my Ginko ...
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