Kimberly Ward

It was a sad day in the garden. I had to chop down the overgrown basil tree. I couldn’t give it a haircut as I wanted to because I have been sick. I looked at it this morning and it decided for me that it had to go. So sinus infection or not, there I was with my Spotify playlist, trimmers, buckets, and sun hat apologizing to the basil plant and the bees. It took 3 hours to find all the good basil to save.

New comment 8d ago

Kimberly Ward

2 likes • 30d

Unfortunately I don’t have the energy to make the pesto so it will all be dried.

Kimberly Ward

1 like • 11d

I have a second basil tree and in my yard I had to give a haircut to today (5 hours of harvesting= 14 cups of basil). The third pic is after the haircut. Tomorrow’s task: make pesto.

Faye Ella

26d •

🌼 Wins, Progress & Harvests

Herbs

Hi everyone, my herbs are growing really well this year in individual pots, some too well and I'm not using them quick enough lol how does everyone save / store you're herbs? Or do you just let them keep growing and not cut them back?

New comment 8d ago

Kimberly Ward

1 like • 12d

You can hang most herbs for drying. Rinse, take out extra moisture, and string up. The only one so far that doesn’t like this method that I have run into is parsley. That needs a dehydrator. This is Greek oregano.

Kimberly Ward

2 likes • 12d

@Lisa Miller yes… it was interesting that you dehydrated the yogurt

Kimberly Ward

16d •

🪴 General Discussion

Potatoes

After months of waiting, this was the result…

New comment 12d ago

Kimberly Ward

2 likes • 16d

I took them out today

Kimberly Ward

1 like • 12d

@Vanessa Lowe they didn’t say organic on them. Honestly, it was an experiment for me. The digging for the potatoes was the fun part. Now I am just waiting for those ones to sprout again so I can bury them. In the meantime, I am growing Spanish peanuts in the container to give back nitrogen to the soil. Also growing comfrey in another container so I can add the leaves into the peanut container after the harvest. This way there is enough nitrogen in there for the potatoes to get started again.