Herbs

Many of the herbs that I planted came up to small seedlings and just died or didnt come up at all and no matter what I did this happened. The lavender, chamomile, lemon basil, sage. I googled it and the answer seemed to be that the seeds were old or not stored well. So I was sold dud seeds. I know that its a risk of buying seeds over the internet but its very annoying! So I will try with new seeds from another place next year.

Even though my herbs have been growing a while they are still small because they got off to a rough start so they were a bit stunted. The reason was because truthfully I had no idea what I was doing and I believed everything from pinterest. While there are a lot of good ideas, theres also a lot of information that is just wrong and I learnt the hard way. The best soil is not the fake soil or potting mix but a mixture of 1:2 potting mix and top soil and Plastic pots work just as well as clay. Plating your seedlings in cardboard egg boxes then in the garden doesnt work because the cardboard doesnt devolve away and the roots get root rot. So research a lot and expect some of your plants to die.Well there are a bunch of photos of some of my herbs that are doing the best. I had a glutton of garlic chives so those I shopped up and froze in water in ice trays. It tastes amazing. Once you taste fresh you never go back to dry.

Thyme

Garlic chives- growing up again

wild strawberrys (For the hamster)

Chives

Cinnamon basil

Basil

Star anise

Paprika

French beans