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| Tarragon, Sage, and Thyme are added to my "rooting" windows. |
I get a bee in my bonnet every once in a while and go off on a tangent and thus it has been with propagating cuttings of herbs. I imagine fragrant pots of herbs on the front steps, on my window sills and in my garden as well as in huge pots on the back patio. I am addicted to their smell and love to snip them into all sorts of dishes these days. I am rustling up a pot of corn chowder this evening and will grab chives and parsley to embellish with.
First thing this morning I went to the garden and tidied up a bit. Made sure every climbing tentacle was wrapped and heading in the right direction! Then the suckers were all pulled from the tomatoes and I had to force myself to stay out of the basil as it has an allure all it's own.
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| Mint |
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| Rosemary |
Then it was snip, snip. First the mint, (yes, I know it is terribly easy to start more but of well..) then the rosemary, tarragon, and thyme. I don't know if it will make roots but I dipped the tip of each stem from which I had stripped the bottom leaves into rooting hormone then into a small jar of water.
How lovely the house smells! And the jars of herbs in my 3 dinning room windows are very appealing to me anyway. Who knows what anyone else might make of this?
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| More Rosemary and Basil. | | |
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We should know how this project will fare in the next 2 weeks as the basil forms roots beautifully in that period of time and that will be my measuring stick. Until then.....
Oh yes, take a peek at the terrific roots in the close up of the basil jar!! Great results on my third batch.
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