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Posted on 05/05/2004 7:57:51 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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For some reason, Myranda always makes fun of me when I use the words "herbs" and "pots" in the same sentence. :-)
Mmm...rosemary. I still wanna give that a try someday. But some of the people I play music with grow herbs (hence the wild thyme thing...) and they said it doesn't like it here. REALLY doesn't like cold at all. I guess at least I can get fresher rosemary from the bulk place...but it'd be nice if I could get it!
I'll let you know how my sage does...
I wonder how much premade cages for maters cost? And does it attach to it by itself? I know nuffin...
I forget, is it lemon balm or lemon verbena that tastes best? They're similar, right?
I found seeds for lemon balm...but haven't seen verbena here.
You can grow herbs in pots, right? I've thought that might be nice to do when I have my own place.
Grr... stinkin' engineers... what I have here is half the data I need to use these equations. I'm no physics major, I don't know how to find deltaP when they've given me an equation to find flow rate!
Well...lemon balm tastes good. Just got my first lemon verbena a few weeks ago and haven't really evaluated it yet.
Yes, you can! Some of mine are in pots...some are in the ground. Friends of mine have a window box with a couple different herbs. Seems to work well, since it's long enough to accommodate a couple types, and it's right by the kitchen!
Some are pretty tall...not sure those would work that well. But I've found dwarf versions of some of the tallest ones (like dill), so maybe that's an option?
Isn't delta P just a pressure change?
I'm still waiting for my lemon balm to germinate...
What do you use it in? Just anything that would be good with a lemony taste?
The colder climate here is actually why I was told that my rosemary wouldn't make it. Seems that few people can get it to grow here. Most treat it as an annual. With this information I transplanted this on the south side of my house at the east end of the flower bed. The northers blow in from the northwest so the house protects it somewhat. And that spot is in continual sun *all* day. In the really cold season I make sure it is well watered and put a large cardboard box over it at night. Not sure if the box really helps and I forget a lot but I have remembered when we've had ice or snow.
You could always do it as an annual and get a new plant in the spring if needed. That way you'd have some fresh!
At WalMart here I think tomato cages are only a couple of bucks. The tomatoes don't attach to the cage really. Rather they are just confined to growing up mostly within the cage. I like mine better than the WalMart style though. Mine are about 18 inches in diameter and easy to reach in to pick the tomatoes.
Lemon balm loses it's flavor when picked. Lemon verbena will have fragrance and flavor when it's an old dried dead thing! I am thinkin' in your climate the Lemon Verbena also may be a bit more challenging. You need to look for a live plant to transplant. You can order them from a place in Canada so I know it is possible to grow it in Vermont though!
Lemon balm is good to grow from seeds though I think. Although, the lemon balm I got from OT has been the only one to overwinter and act like it's supposed to. When I've planted from seed it's never made it through the winter.
Yeah, but I don't know how to solve for it.
Ok, that's because he hasn't sent me the one vital piece of information... once that comes in, I just plug it in and I'm good to go. But it's really, really sad. I couldn't find the equation by converting from the equation to find flow rate. I had to translate an Excel formula into real person terms.
It's oregano. Really. It is.
heh heh heh... story of my life. DeltaP is somebody's change in pressure but I'm sure you know that already. What's flowin', what's it goin' around, and what's the start/end pressure are good things for an engineer to tell ya. Or give you a chart of some significance.
Thanks for the information! I thought I remembered your saying you preferred lemon verbena. Hm...I'll have to check at the next farmer's market. This time of year, it's mostly plants...that's where I'm hoping to get tomato plants, and it's where I got the sage. Most people sell six or eight plants for about two dollars, which isn't bad. I might get some chives, too. I'm about to give up on growing those from seeds. I tried last year, too...no go.
Those lemony things make a really good tea. And they're good with mint in tea. Or with regular black or green tea. :-)
Yeah. I've read that you can use it to give dishes a lemon flavor. I use it mostly in tea but I suppose I should try new things like cutting it up and putting it in salads or something.
't's what I keep tellin' Myranda. She snickers. :-)
I did work it out... The spreadsheet he sent actually has the correct equation embedded in it. So I pulled it out, translated the Excel codes into the different variables, wrote out notes explaining to myself what the variables are, and discovered that he hasn't sent me the table of orifices, so I can't finish this stupid equation anyway.
Actually I'm pretty proud of myself, because I can follow this stuff, more or less. See what waaay too much college math does to a girl?
Bet they'd be good with some ginger, too. Maybe with green tea...
Man...is this fun or what? LOL!
I bought that lemon balm "from the store" as a plant...I didn't plant it from seed. The lemon balm and mint that I brought from home are really taking off now. I need to keep 'em cut back!
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