Sunday, November 13, 2011

How does your herb garden grow

via Seattle Times


So, I was cooking tonight - actually a recipe from a few posts ago, Curried Fish. 5 stars, by the way! So amazing, we have made it twice! Anyway, the recipe called for fresh Thyme or the dried variety. I had the latter but wished I had the real deal.

Ah, that fragrant smell of Thyme, Oregano, Lavender, Basil, you name it, makes me want to go collect my wee basket and skip off to my lovely garden to gather my bounty. Then, reality sinks in. While we do have two balconies, they are barren of plant life. Oh yes, I used to grow them. In New Jersey. A repressed memory of giving my prized Basil plant to my neighbor as we pulled stakes from Jersey to make our home here in California comes to mind. You know the scene. We were both clutching the plant and neither would let go, ummmm, I mean I wouldn't let go. Now that I think about it . . . it was an awkward moment. But I digress.

I really want an herb garden. Not just one plant. Many.

I was Googling (as you do!) for a creative way to display them and I found my dreamy little garden. Balcony friendly.

via Apartment Therapy


via life on the balcony


A pallet? Really? How clever!

This is so creative and look how much you can grow! Just go to this site: life on the balcony
for full instructions on how to accomplish this.


Of course, I would like to add my own little spin and paint the pallet or cover the slats in a fun outdoor fabric. That's just me. Actually the Dollar Tree has some resin carved garden gates that would look nice painted and then stapled cleverly on each row. Hmmmmm, the possibilities are endless. See, I immediately go to the design aspect of the project. Believe me, I am thinking of the herbs though.

Now, I just need to refresh my memory on which herbs can be placed together and which ones need their own pot. Yes, Mint, you are on your own!


Here is another clever idea.

via far out flora


This was made out of three pallets. Amazing!



via Re-nest


Just another way to up-cycle plastic bottles!

Very excited to get started on my garden. Now, off to Ralph's or Fresh and Easy . . . after dark . . . when no one else is watching . . . to go dumpster diving for a pallet. Who am I kidding, I'll just ask for one tomorrow!

Will let you know the progress as it goes. Ok, It won't happen today, but, soon!!!

Happy herbing all!!!
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The Magpie's Nest

by Joseph Jacobs
English Fairy Tales

All the birds of the air came to the magpie and asked her to teach them how to build nests. For the magpie is the cleverest bird of all at building nests. So she put all the birds round her and began to show them how to do it. First of all she took some mud and made a sort of round cake with it.

"Oh, that's how it's done!" said the thrush, and away it flew - and so that's how thrushes build their nests.

Then the magpie took some twigs and arranged them round in the mud.

"Now I know all about it!" said the blackbird, and off it flew - and that's how the blackbirds make their nests to this very day.

Then the magpie put another layer of mud over the twigs.

"Oh, that 's quite obvious!" said the wise owl, and away it flew - and owls have never made better nests since.

After this the magpie took some twigs and twined them round the outside.

"The very thing!" said the sparrow, and off he went - so sparrows make rather slovenly nests to this day.

Well, then Madge magpie took some feathers and stuff, and lined the nest very comfortably with it.

"That suits me!" cried the starling, and off it flew - and very comfortable nests have starlings.

So it went on, every bird taking away some knowledge of how to build nests, but none of them waiting to the end.

Meanwhile Madge magpie went on working and working without looking up, till the only bird that remained was the turtle-dove, and that hadn't paid any attention all along, but only kept on saying its silly cry, "Take two, Taffy, take two-o-o-o!"

At last the magpie heard this just as she was putting a twig across, so she said, "One's enough."

But the turtle-dove kept on saying, "Take two, Taffy, take two-o-o-o!"

Then the magpie got angry and said, "One's enough, I tell you!"

Still the turtle-dove cried, "Take two, Taffy, take two-o-o-o!"

At last, and at last, the magpie looked up and saw nobody near her but the silly turtle-dove, and then she got rarely angry and flew away and refused to tell the birds how to build nests again.

And that is why different birds build their nests differently.