Herbs, and Growing Them
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
Houston has a lot going for it, especially if you’re a gardener. If you like growing things, and it rains enough, I sometimes think you could probably stick a broomstick in the ground and get a tree in five years. It makes growing most things something so easy to do that an inexperienced…or overly optimistic person… (that would be me–10 years ago)… can look at a hopelessly overgrown garden/yard and think: “I can do something with this.”
Okay.. if that inexperienced optimist is lucky, she lasts long enough to get an inkling of what she’s doing.
I hope to be that lucky.
I have learned: Roses are hard, Mexican Heather is like a friendly Great Dane Puppy, lots of good growth and friendly…until it takes over your bed entirely. I have learned: I can only grow thyme in a pot, so that it has lots of good drainage.. and sometimes not even that works. I have exactly ONE spot in my yard that sage will grow in.. and it’s nowhere near the other herbs… who will not grow in that spot. Basil…reseeds freely. (anyone want some basil plants? I’ve got lemon, sweet Genovese and cinnamon.)
I do like growing herbs the most. They’re easy to grow, and tasty to use and people are easily impressed by them. Honestly…they should be more impressed that I’ve got 12 living rose bushes, that produce blooms (usually), and that the Morning Glory vines have not YET eaten my house. But.. perhaps because herbs are “hip”, with the term “herbal” an almost sure guarantee of success when placed into a label like “herbal shampoo” and ” herbal weight loss pills ” and “herbal home remedies”…well… almost everyone asks me if I grow them. And, I do.
Now… if I could just get the roses to reseed like the basil does.. I’ll be rich.
