Gardening this 'n' that

[ksmith]

Yesterday, I cut down the cilantro/coriander plants and shoved the stalks into paper bags so that the seeds can dry. Some of the seeds were already brown, but most were reddish and a few were green. I clipped the bags closed and will leave them in the spare room for a week or two. No idea what I will do with all those seeds. I still have a fair amount of the oregano that I harvested and dried last year, and I used that fairly regularly. And we won't talk about all the blasted rosemary...

This year, I will also be harvesting a lot of sage, which did sort of OK this year. My single thyme plant is doing all right, as well. I think I will have a lot a lot of dried herbs for fall/winter cooking.

Cutting down the cilantro will allow my one sweet pepper to get a lot more sunshine. I hope it helps the existing buds to grow into nice, sweet bell peppers.

Temps are supposed to hit the 90s this weekend. I hope that's enough to kick the tomatoes into ripening overdrive.

Comments

[threeoutside.livejournal.com]

Just a thought, but if you really have a LOT of seeds, I think it would be neat for them to be disseminated through our little genre-oriented world. Maybe you could auction off packets of ten or twenty for some good cause, like the CBLDF, or the Home for Retired Genre Writers, or somesuch. I'd bid; it think it'd be brilliant to have some herbs in my yard knowing they're "genre" herbs.

Maybe that's dumb; disregard at will.

Terry

[berry-k.livejournal.com]

Ground coriander seeds are great in curries and barbecue rubs, and whole seeds can flavor soups in a bouquet garni.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I better plan on making a lot of soup...

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

No, it's a neat idea. I wish I knew for sure how viable my coriander seeds would be after they dried. I'd hate to send out blanks.

If I were between books and had a month's worth of free time on my hands, I would consider this.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

In other news, are there issues with LJ comments again? This comment never showed up in my email inbox.