I've been a Baaaaddddd Girl

[Kathy]

I got my car back yesterday so I just Had to go check out the plants at the local greenhouses & yard sales.

I came home with spearmint, apple mint, peppermint, sweet and Siam basils, Greek oregano, regular oregano, pineapple sage, regular sage, stevia, lavender, creeping rosemary, serrano pepper plants & two fairytale Asian type, lavender striped eggplants. My car smelled like a gourmet restaurant since the sun was shining in the windows releasing all of those deletable scents.
I have lemon basil started in peat pots so I'm going to have some awesome Thai summer(spring) rolls later in the season! ;D

Oh and at a church yard sale, I got a copy of Growing Under Glass for 50 Cents. It's a fairly old, well preserved copy of a huge book on greenhouse growing.

[kyosa]

I think you did very GOOD! That's going to be a lot of planting, though. A pic or two would be nice if you have the time. Maybe an ongoing series as things grow? Your herb garden is going to smell nice! We've actually had a couple of days in a row without rain! I need to take the tiller across the garden real shallow to break it up and help it dry more quickly. Who knows? I may actually get the first seed in the ground pretty soon! I'm 'green' with envy over how your herbs will look (and taste).

PS:
I assume you know about confining those mints. They're very aggressive and will take over the world if you let them!

[Kathy]

Darryl, I've heard that mints like to be 'free rangers'. ;D

I was thinking about putting some plugs under the plum & peach trees-there's nothing nearby to be overtaken and boy wouldn't that be a nice smell!

I'm going to be putting most of my perennial herbs in big planters so I can take them when the day comes for me to move to my own land.

Once I get the rest of the plants in over the next few days-I'll get some pics.

Tonight I ordered some Asian greens and more varieties of herbs from Bakers Creek.
Have you ever raised Cardoon? It's supposed to taste like artichoke hearts but is easy to grow in this garden zone unlike globe artichokes which like a longer growing season and milder winters.

[kyosa]

<< Have you ever raised Cardoon? It's supposed to taste like artichoke hearts but is easy to grow in this garden zone unlike globe artichokes which like a longer growing season and milder winters. >>

I don't know a thing about Cardoon. I think I've heard of it before, but wasn't aware of any of it's characteristic. However I do like artichoke hearts, so if Cardoon does in fact taste like them and isn't too difficult to grow, I'd be interested in trying it. Are the seed/plants hard to get?

[momo]

I've never grown mint, but I've been told to grow it in a container because it will take over like a weed.

(Enjoy your sniffing. My personal favorite's are the basils.)

[Kathy]

Momo, I love the Basils also-especially the lemon & lime basils.

Darryl, I found the seeds are available at most of the seed places-Territorial Seeds & Bakers Creek were the two I was shopping at today and both had Cardoon varieties.

Here's a couple links with more info about this unusual(to me) plant. I really like trying new veggies and fruits.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardoon

www.gourmetseed.com/Cardoon_seed.0.html

Now I'm not so sure I want to try it after reading the reviews on the Daves Garden site.

davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/913/

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Ohhhh those sound yummy Kathy!!

Can't wait to see the pics!

Kaza