Comments on: Value Guru Investigates the Herb Garden

By: Annie

Annie — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:29:05 +0000

How inspiring! I’ve been wanting to grow an herb garden but I’m kind of worried about pests. I live in the city of Chicago so I’m concerned if a cat, opossum, raccon or rodents would crawl around my herb garden which makes it not very appetizing in my book. Luckily I’ve never encountered any rodents by my home but we do have cats, opossum, raccons and bunnies. Is it still possible to have an herb garden in the city?

By: jerri

jerri — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:40:48 +0000

i planted my own herb garden this year (you can see pics here – http://www.cooking4carnivores.com/2009/04/homegrown-herbs.html) and have been using all of the herbs in my dishes. i used dill in my potato salad, mint in my blackberry margaritas, oregano in the roasted veggies for some wraps, basil in some fresh pasta, cilantro in my guacamole, and rosemary in some red potatoes. all the recipes are on my blog. i am loving it! in fact we just had to buy some more basil…

By: Larry Jacobs

Larry Jacobs — Sat, 16 May 2009 07:44:51 +0000

Tarragon was my introduction to the world of fresh herbs. I find it’s licorishy flavor irresistible in salads and main dishes. Tarragon has one peculiar quality. IT DOES NOT FLOWER. I’ve never seen it set seeds. The only way to propagate true french tarragon is from root cuttings. The plant goes dormant in the winter. In the early spring you’ll see it “pushes” up sprouts from the root. You can cut the root, sortof like cutting eyes out of a potatoe, and plant them. We lift our tarragon plants every winter to make more plants by dividing the root of each plant and planting the small root pieces in 2 1/4″ pots. The young tarragon plants are ready to transplant in May or June. Like the microgirl said above, make sure you get French Tarragon. The Russian variety does not have the same flavor. There is one other way to propagate French Tarragon but it is more difficult. You can take tip cuttings. They will root but must be kept at high humidity and warm temperatures.

By: microgirl

microgirl — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:57:24 +0000

If you are going to grow your own tarragon, make sure you get French tarragon. The Russian variety is ornamental and has no flavor; it also takes over your herb garden – found this out the hard way!