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Herbs

July 30, 2006


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Well, the herbs are growing quite well. There’s parsley, green onion, dill, and basil almost fully grown. In fact, the basil has begun flowering. The small sprouts between the green onion and basil are cilantro, which I planted a few weeks ago. Hopefully that’ll grow nicely as well.

Now, what to do with it all… I’ve got no use for that much parsley, but the basil could become some great peso. If I only had cheese…

Ah well, I’ll worry about that later. For now I’m going to go finish building the last MIDIbox SID-NUXX PCB, the one for my MOS 6581-based box.

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10 Responses

  1. childofsnow July 30, 2006

    Erm, for what it’s worth, that’s probably chives, not green onions. Additionally, if you want that basil to keep growing, you’ll need to pinch back any flowering tips (or it’ll go to seed and stop growing). (if you’re serious about having herbs to cook with, you might want to replant those into separate containers, too, because they’ve probably depleted most of the nutrients in that one.)

    1. c0nsumer July 30, 2006

      Doh, that’s right… Green onions are just onion tops, really. Right?

      I’m not that serious about the herbs… And I’ll occasionally give them some Miracle Grow, since that’s a fairly harmless fertilizer. Should keep the soil okay, I think. It was also all new soil for this planting, so I think that’ll help.

      I did go pull all the buds from the basil… I need to do something with it too, though.

  2. beerdiablo July 30, 2006

    Just Curious

    What brand of camera are you using?
    Model, specs, etc?

    1. c0nsumer July 30, 2006

      Re: Just Curious

      That image was taken with a Canon EOS 20D body and a Tokina 100mm macro. Full details for that image can be seen at the bottom of this page.

  3. ms_hecubus July 30, 2006

    Basil has better flavor if harvested before it flowers. Cut back the flowers and let it give more energy to the leaves.

    1. c0nsumer July 30, 2006

      I just went and did this. Also pulled all the dead flower bits from the other plants, too.

  4. echolex July 30, 2006

    Beautiful! You have quite the green thumb! =D

    1. c0nsumer July 30, 2006

      Thanks. Now I just need to find something to do with it… And to care for the plants a bit more.

  5. c0nsumer July 31, 2006

    Huh. That sounds pretty nice… How much lemon juice? Lemonade-strength, or stronger? And do you crush the basil a bit?

  6. c0nsumer July 31, 2006

    Looks like I’ll have to pick up some lemons soon…

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