Some Herb Tips from a fanatic (garden is covered with herbs, my favorite): Lemon balm makes a great calming tea and for a bonus has anti-viral qualities. Coriander seeds ground, are excellent for cooking, brightening up almost anything. Thyme is particularly good with chicken and makes a great fungicide. Mints--which take over--can be turned into pesticides, teas, essential oils, or added to salads, fruit juices, or lemon water (they help with digestion). Rosemary is a winner in cooking meats, or with potatoes. Oregano or basil uplift pastas. Parsley is supportive of kidneys. Milk Thistle helps the liver. But my #1 must have is Thyme: used all the time for cooking, supporting the garden, attracting pollinators galore (more than any other in my garden), as well as for soaking with citrus peels in white vinegar as a house cleaner. It's a mainstay. Thyme is excellent at killing pests & molds, so it's helpful for plants, humans and houses.
I’ve tried many different solutions and concoctions. One I really liked recently was to make a strong Thyme distillation, then mix in some Dr. Bonner’s peppermint Castile soap and some essential oils of: lemongrass or citronella or cinnamon. Had good results with it as an organic pesticide + an anti-fungal spray. Hope that helps? I experiment with it often as I’ve noticed thyme keeps away pests and is a great anti-fungal. It’s my must have herb in the garden...
For the distillation, I will boil a large amount and let it sit a long time making a “strong tea”. But you can also experiment with other ways. The essential oils help in the mixture be stronger, and the soap makes it stick.
Borage is looking great! I started planting borage in pots so i can move it closer to the vegetables that needed pollination. It works great and I'm a happy gardener.
This is spot on! I adore fresh herbs and they are absolutely worth the space taken in the garden. One other benefit of letting them go to seed is that they will volunteer all over the place the next year. I don’t think I’ve intentionally planted coriander, parsley or dill in several years because of how readily they self-seed.
We only have the smallest area up the sunny end of our driveway (we live IN the woods so do not get enough sunshine) ..Italian parsley keeps on giving each year and we nearly have a whole hedge of it in one area, were lucky that a tiny Rosemary plant and other herbs were in..now we have the hugest Bush of Rosemary (love to put some flowers in salads as they taste amazing) and we actually got our very first bunch of Lady Fingers Bananas and they were so tasty ..love to let things like Dandelions and Oxallis?? grow because the Bees love them and so do I ..so happy when the Neighbours Grape decided to grow over our side of the fence too ..Forget-me-knots grow through everything and even Freesias ...so it is a happy little Garden for us and the Bees ..love to be able to grab something for our meals ...makes us feel connected to the Earth xx from new Zealand x ps I was pointing out the Bananas to Twin 2year old boys and a BEE actually landed on my hand and looked at me... we all laughed ...makes me so JOYful!
A well-timed video that echoes exactly what's been on my mind lately: in my rag-tag container garden, it can be a bit demoralising to watch the sparse fruiting veggies succumb to mildew, rot, etc. Container gardens (in my life) generally indicate a lack of funds and space for the fertilizers and composts to make them truly thrive. Herbs are far less demanding, and another benefit is their "share-ability"- I've happily given away loads of propagated basils from one plant. If I have to relocate, I'm far less heartbroken to give a potted herb away than to abandon a half-grown fruiting plant, and the recipient would be far more grateful for a ready-to-eat herb as well! While most of my garden is 'an experiment', it's the Thai basil that's been pulling it's weight while I reap all the credit at the dinner table. I guess herbs can seem a bit of a noob thing to grow, and less glamourous than a big honkin' veggie off the vine, but the economic value is solid, and the instant-gratification is even more satisfying!
I'm going to start focusing more on herbs for a few reasons as well. I'm having a lot of damage by wildlife lately, rabbits, mice, rats, squirrels, racoons, but they only bother the fruits and veggies, not the herbs. Herbs are expensive at the store, and have medicinal properties. I might get rid of a lot of my vegetable beds soon and replace them with oregano and basil. Cheers!
If you're doing basil watch for slugs they seem to like mine alot lol! Luckily it's in a pot so I move it indoors overnight now and it's coming back to life 🤞🏻
No WAY! It's Ed Nace! Hey there! :) 👋 I make gardening videos in addition to VIPKID videos. Feel free to check it out if you'd like! :) I didn't realize you have a UA-cam channel! I just subscribed!
This is my second herb bed..its doubled..as a wildflower garden to the pollinators..and the harvest.. I love him more..that he touched on this.. and food prep and saving seeds.. what a interesting plant amendments
Hey Huw! My wife and I are passionate foodies who then started a garden and we started with herbs to build our confidence then branched out from there. We try to plant them anywhere and just see how they go. We have a curry leaf plant (which is brilliant in curries) that is thriving in a south facing raised rock garden that is in almost constant shade over the Winter here in the Australian subtropics. We also grow basil next to all our tomatoes as a companion plant. We have a large terracotta pot that is always laden with parsley and many other herbs including sorrels. I will keep an eye out for that book too and will read it after I have finished Amy Stewart's "The Drunken Botanist". Cheers!
I use fresh herbs in ,y ferments.... whatever I have when I make each ferment. My goal is to make 50 - 1/2 gallons this year, so I have my own raw produce year round. I live in NE VT where winters are long and Spring is late....
I've been doing things right with growing herbs then, good to know. With famine on the horizon we need to do whatever we can ourselves. One of the things I do is make 'tea' with the herbs and plants in one of my 'dustbin' water butts. Mint in the mix helps to keep pests at bay. Coriander is slightly narcotic according to one of my Malaysian cook books. It's like marmite, you either love it or hate it.
Excellent content, Huw! 👍 Herbs, annual or perennial, have so many uses...culinary, medicinal, attracting pollinators, or as companion plants for other crops. This is why I've got an over-abundance of various herbs all over my property.
Thank you Haw, because of your post with Nigel I got his book and then signed up and totally enjoyed his class. So much to experiment with, learn and share. 🌱🌻🐝🙏🏼
So fascinating. I’ve not planted many herbs, even though I’ve purchased the seeds, but I like the idea of starting the seeds every 2weeks or so and randomly planting them around. This late, I may try planting the seeds outside (that I’ve already purchased but not planted) and see what happens! Thank you for this video.
Many of those annual herbs self-seed in my garden so I don't need to worry about them. The FPJ is great for all the garden. I wish I could find an online list of the plant's contents. I've not been able to read the book yet and hope there's lots of info in there. Great video Huw
Youre great Huw, so much value in your videos, and great colours and quality, its a real pleasure following this channel. Would you mind throwing together a few simple cooking videos of how you like to use your crops? For someone like me, aspiring to be more green and healthy, that would be a great inspiration to get off the usual meatballs-and-pasta diet. I´m inspired to grow, but I really dont know what to do with all these herbs.
Fascinating heads up on herb fermentation, Huw! The best compost batch I made last year that I amended my container soils with this year, was from my experiment “compost salad” bin which included layers of various herbs such as mint, sage, parsley, previous year’s (bolting) fennel/parsnips, rosemary in between normal garden waste. Definitely going to ferment them this year. I grew loads of extra herbs to surround the chicken run having heard that chickens love pecking leaves through the wire for, as and when required, medical/mineral needs. Chickens are away on vacation so going to ferment the excess 😃
You have once again inspired my interest Huw, I grow parsley chives and marjoram in a trough near my kitchen , now I shall greatly expand to dill and borage etc etc 😁
hummingbirds love nasturtiums. Every time i am in the garden the hummingbirds really make it possible for me to say hi to them. I'm not sure if they know that its me planting it for them and their way of saying thank you... hahaha
I just realise, watching your film, that I grow coriander not dill. I sow both but I used my dill, as I was sure that it was dill and was wondering, why this other dill looks different 😄
This is indeed inspiring, Huw. I looked and realized I haven't subscribed and I've been watching your videos since you were a young man. Subscribed now from Lodi, California, I will be sowing more herbs in my tiny yard and porches.
I was so surprised when the swallowtail butterfly caterpillars ate my fennel nearly to the ground (a herb I was willing to sacrifice to help butterflies), but the fennel came back anyway and bulbed.
I was going to mention that as well. Swallowtail butterfly caterpillars love all of the apiaceae family. Will literally swallow a whole plant overnight. Fascinating creatures though. Plant enough for both you and them! 🐛
Caterpillars, (I thought Monarchs, but they might have been Swallowtails,) have decimated my bronze fennel a couple years ago, made the plants into white skeletons (they even chewed up the bark) I was a little upset but I was rewarded with dozens of big healthy caterpillars, and the fennel came back the next year.
I plant parsley and dill specifically for the Swallowtail caterpillars so I was happy to see them! Tomato hookworm, though, I removed from the garden. Oh, yes, I’m quite discriminatory 😔
Very interesting. Some of my annual herbs have turned into perennials, such as the Parsley and Dill which re-seed themselves and come back year after year. Other herbs we use a lot of, such as Oregano and Winter Savory are true perennials. Can't have too many herbs! ;-)
I love my coriander. It really is my favourite herb. Other than that, I do have to confess that my herb collection is mainly perennials - Sweet Cicely and Oregano being particular favourites. One of my new introductions is 'Korean Liquorice Mint' (from Real Seeds, UK only) and I do recommend this for anyone who likes the idea of growing something suitable as a 'tea alternative.' Obviously the liquorice flavour is well-represented, with the minty part hiding well in the background (I don't like mint tea, so this was important). It actually makes a satisfying drink, unlike many other supposedly good tea alternatives. Right up there with Lemon Verbena (which I can't grow where I am. It's fine in a summer like this, but that's not a guarantee in Scotland). I'm also growing Hyssop as a tea alternative, but right now I'm finding that one a bit too 'herbal' in a 'stewed hedgerow' kind of a way. Maybe it's better when it grows larger.
Hello Huw, thank you for this video, it is absolutely inspriring. I thought I might be too late to saw, but I am going to try it. Hope it isn't too dry here (Portugal) at the moment, but it should be worth a try. Thank you very much.
I have crazy amounts of volunteer mushrooms in my garden this year, but I don't know anything about mushrooms, so I just leave them there and don't eat them.
I have a small garden and regularly pop in herbs in spaces. I also have a lot of self seeded borage which I leave and either cut back or remove when it is in the way. After watching your video on fermented plant juice yesterday I started one with banana skins and another with borage. Alas I have no stinging nettle and none nearby. Juiced 2.5 kilos of lemons yesterday to freeze for cooking. Wondering if I could make a ferment from the pulp/skins to use on my blueberries.
In the US, cilantro is the name for the plant's leaves and stem, while coriander is the name for its dried seeds. Internationally, the leaves and stems are called coriander, while its dried seeds are called coriander seeds
I’m just starting planting some vegetables and some herbs 🪴 but weather here to hot so it slowly growing, thank for your sharing this experience about growing herbs 🙏🪴💓
I live in Georgia, USA - near the ocean - and it is very hot here, too. I have had a lot of success with oregano, basil, and chives in this hot, humid climate. You may have good luck with those where you are. :-)
Beautiful video Huw! You didn't mention the great use of drying herbs to use throughout the year. You can save much money and have delicious herbs always available. Have you ever tried growing papalo? It's a Mexican herb similar to coriander/cilantro. The latter tastes soapy to me, but I hear good things about papalo. Does anyone have experience with it or advice on growing it? Thanks for any tips. Courtney in Virginia, USA
2:34 fresh Coriander seeds... I wish I could preserve the taste, because the time to enjoy is so short. I am looking forward to find some in my garden soon.
Great video as always. I'm from Germany and wonder if you know my favorite herbs in Wales: Schnittlauch, Liebstöckel und Rauke. In english chives, lovage and rocket (??? says Google translater😅) Did you know and grow them in your garden too?
I had the same problem with Basil this year, it took three times. The expensive brand seeds I had bought all turned out to all be duds. The cheap seeds germinated in less than a week direct sew using several layers of newspaper to cover them so they didn’t dry out in this HOT summer. Try newspaper or cardboard, keep moist n check often to see when they’ve emerged, then remove it. That’s my new all time fav way to sew now.
@@Jonathan_Ellis lemon balm, lemon verbena, perilla, chamomile, mint, thyme, korean mint (nice licorice flavour!), borage, fennel, hyssop so far. Going to try to grow hibiscus next year!
I'm really sick what book would you recommend on how to make organic soil/compost? I wish to learn to heal myself through plants. I need a comprehensive guide with simple language.
Seeds need 3 things to germinate they are Water, Oxygen and Temperature. So if you have been watering them it could be not enough oxygen and the temperature is either too high or too low because some seeds need low temperatures to germinate and others need high temperatures and some need somewhere between.
I got an Oregano plant instead, because it grows from cuttings so easily. The plant literally lays stems on the ground and root there in a couple of weeks. You might save yourself some money by buying a plant in the long-run - especially if your Spring/Summer temperatures are bouncing around all over the place as they are where I am. Sometimes, growing from seed just doesn't work (I have problems with a few plants that used to grow just fine when I lived in another region), so I have opted to buy a plant instead.
Oregano can take weeks to a month or more to germinate. Keep at it, it will come up. I started mine indoors in Fall and kept in windowsill. It stated very small. They are 2’ tall now. I thought for sure the seeds were bad, it’s a good thing I started them in same pot with the thyme.
practicas la permacultura😮.. hiervas que curan?.. amo curarme con hierbas.. tienen muchas propiedades.. los nativos pai pai y kiliwuas.de mi region .usan remedios naturales 💖👍
If you have a glut of your fresh herbs have a look at youtube Village Life flatbread filled with greens/Azerbaijani GUTAB. I find these breads are a great way to use LOTS of 'greens' and its so tasty.
Interesting fact about coriander..there's a genetic predisposition to either loving it or hating it! My oldest son and I hate it. So nope I won't be growing any lol. ☺️
That's weird. My husband absolutely hates it too, while my son and I love it. I have to stir it into a curry for a final couple of moments after dishing out my husband's 'untainted' share.
I just posted that there's a genetic predisposition to either loving it or hating it, my eldest son and I hate it. Perhaps that's your answer 🙂. Blessings ☺️
Yes herbs are amazing. Before I moved from Rhode Island to North Dakota I headed up a great group of volunteers to create an 18th century re-created medicinal herb garden on the grounds of the doctor's house ( www.glocesterheritagegardens.org ) I agree with you to mix them into your garden but I have to say the scent and the pollinators it drew was indescribable when in that confined space. (unfortunately another thing that Covid has effected)
My coriander got attacked this year from one of my biggest pests. The toddlers. Not one left but they sure smelt nice after the fact.
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Lol 😂😂😂😅
Try an electric fence! 😂
Parsley and mint are almost as much salad greens in tabouleh salad as they are herbs! lol 🥗🌿😋🥗 Delicious!
Some Herb Tips from a fanatic (garden is covered with herbs, my favorite): Lemon balm makes a great calming tea and for a bonus has anti-viral qualities. Coriander seeds ground, are excellent for cooking, brightening up almost anything. Thyme is particularly good with chicken and makes a great fungicide. Mints--which take over--can be turned into pesticides, teas, essential oils, or added to salads, fruit juices, or lemon water (they help with digestion). Rosemary is a winner in cooking meats, or with potatoes. Oregano or basil uplift pastas. Parsley is supportive of kidneys. Milk Thistle helps the liver. But my #1 must have is Thyme: used all the time for cooking, supporting the garden, attracting pollinators galore (more than any other in my garden), as well as for soaking with citrus peels in white vinegar as a house cleaner. It's a mainstay. Thyme is excellent at killing pests & molds, so it's helpful for plants, humans and houses.
How you use thyme for pest repellent?
I’ve tried many different solutions and concoctions. One I really liked recently was to make a strong Thyme distillation, then mix in some Dr. Bonner’s peppermint Castile soap and some essential oils of: lemongrass or citronella or cinnamon. Had good results with it as an organic pesticide + an anti-fungal spray. Hope that helps? I experiment with it often as I’ve noticed thyme keeps away pests and is a great anti-fungal. It’s my must have herb in the garden...
For the distillation, I will boil a large amount and let it sit a long time making a “strong tea”. But you can also experiment with other ways. The essential oils help in the mixture be stronger, and the soap makes it stick.
Please let me know how it goes for you or what recipes you discover. Btw, I think the waxiness of the soap suffocates the critters as well.
I forgot to say sometimes I add a little coconut or olive oils to the mix and find that really helps in making it stick & suffocating bugs.
So nice to have fresh, home grown herbs at hand. Makes all the difference to cooking.
Borage is looking great! I started planting borage in pots so i can move it closer to the vegetables that needed pollination. It works great and I'm a happy gardener.
Great idea !!!
This is spot on! I adore fresh herbs and they are absolutely worth the space taken in the garden. One other benefit of letting them go to seed is that they will volunteer all over the place the next year. I don’t think I’ve intentionally planted coriander, parsley or dill in several years because of how readily they self-seed.
Parsley/Cilantro/Basil/Oregano/Thyme are my favorites 💜 & Chamomille + Calendula for flowers
Mine are oregano, parsley, rosemary and mary jane.
We only have the smallest area up the sunny end of our driveway (we live IN the woods so do not get enough sunshine) ..Italian parsley keeps on giving each year and we nearly have a whole hedge of it in one area, were lucky that a tiny Rosemary plant and other herbs were in..now we have the hugest Bush of Rosemary (love to put some flowers in salads as they taste amazing) and we actually got our very first bunch of Lady Fingers Bananas and they were so tasty ..love to let things like Dandelions and Oxallis?? grow because the Bees love them and so do I ..so happy when the Neighbours Grape decided to grow over our side of the fence too ..Forget-me-knots grow through everything and even Freesias ...so it is a happy little Garden for us and the Bees ..love to be able to grab something for our meals ...makes us feel connected to the Earth xx from new Zealand x ps I was pointing out the Bananas to Twin 2year old boys and a BEE actually landed on my hand and looked at me... we all laughed ...makes me so JOYful!
A well-timed video that echoes exactly what's been on my mind lately: in my rag-tag container garden, it can be a bit demoralising to watch the sparse fruiting veggies succumb to mildew, rot, etc. Container gardens (in my life) generally indicate a lack of funds and space for the fertilizers and composts to make them truly thrive. Herbs are far less demanding, and another benefit is their "share-ability"- I've happily given away loads of propagated basils from one plant. If I have to relocate, I'm far less heartbroken to give a potted herb away than to abandon a half-grown fruiting plant, and the recipient would be far more grateful for a ready-to-eat herb as well!
While most of my garden is 'an experiment', it's the Thai basil that's been pulling it's weight while I reap all the credit at the dinner table. I guess herbs can seem a bit of a noob thing to grow, and less glamourous than a big honkin' veggie off the vine, but the economic value is solid, and the instant-gratification is even more satisfying!
I'm going to start focusing more on herbs for a few reasons as well. I'm having a lot of damage by wildlife lately, rabbits, mice, rats, squirrels, racoons, but they only bother the fruits and veggies, not the herbs. Herbs are expensive at the store, and have medicinal properties. I might get rid of a lot of my vegetable beds soon and replace them with oregano and basil. Cheers!
Or try mixing it up a bit, some herbs and then a few veggies. Confuse those pests.
If you're doing basil watch for slugs they seem to like mine alot lol!
Luckily it's in a pot so I move it indoors overnight now and it's coming back to life 🤞🏻
It is so fantastic to be invited into the garden of an expert across the world from me. Thank you for sharing your gardening wisdom with us! 🤩
Fun seeing you here! Fellow Huw fan and gardener :)
No WAY! It's Ed Nace! Hey there! :) 👋 I make gardening videos in addition to VIPKID videos. Feel free to check it out if you'd like! :) I didn't realize you have a UA-cam channel! I just subscribed!
This is my second herb bed..its doubled..as a wildflower garden to the pollinators..and the harvest.. I love him more..that he touched on this.. and food prep and saving seeds.. what a interesting plant amendments
Hey Huw! My wife and I are passionate foodies who then started a garden and we started with herbs to build our confidence then branched out from there. We try to plant them anywhere and just see how they go. We have a curry leaf plant (which is brilliant in curries) that is thriving in a south facing raised rock garden that is in almost constant shade over the Winter here in the Australian subtropics. We also grow basil next to all our tomatoes as a companion plant. We have a large terracotta pot that is always laden with parsley and many other herbs including sorrels. I will keep an eye out for that book too and will read it after I have finished Amy Stewart's "The Drunken Botanist". Cheers!
FWIW, I chop and drop borage in a similar way to comfrey. Borage grows so big so fast, and the leaves break down very quickly.
I use fresh herbs in ,y ferments.... whatever I have when I make each ferment. My goal is to make 50 - 1/2 gallons this year, so I have my own raw produce year round. I live in NE VT where winters are long and Spring is late....
Nasturtiums are great, they add color, have extended blooms and the flowers are tasty.
Last season I grew a big plant of cilantro and collected a lot of seed. I can grind it up or use the whole seed. Love the flavor.
I've been doing things right with growing herbs then, good to know. With famine on the horizon we need to do whatever we can ourselves. One of the things I do is make 'tea' with the herbs and plants in one of my 'dustbin' water butts. Mint in the mix helps to keep pests at bay. Coriander is slightly narcotic according to one of my Malaysian cook books. It's like marmite, you either love it or hate it.
I started with annuaand biannual herbs. And then went to vegetables...and then the flowers.
Herbs always gave plenty of room in my garden.
Great video, I just started growing herbs last year. A few came up on their own this spring. 😁
Excellent content, Huw! 👍 Herbs, annual or perennial, have so many uses...culinary, medicinal, attracting pollinators, or as companion plants for other crops. This is why I've got an over-abundance of various herbs all over my property.
Thank you Haw, because of your post with Nigel I got his book and then signed up and totally enjoyed his class. So much to experiment with, learn and share. 🌱🌻🐝🙏🏼
ROCK ON HUW!!!!!! LOVE THE CHANNEL AND YOUR GARDEN IS STELLAR!!!!!!!! HOPE OUR GARDEN LOOKS LIKE YOURS NEXT YEAR BECAUSE WERE CURRENTLY STARVING!!!!!!
So fascinating. I’ve not planted many herbs, even though I’ve purchased the seeds, but I like the idea of starting the seeds every 2weeks or so and randomly planting them around. This late, I may try planting the seeds outside (that I’ve already purchased but not planted) and see what happens! Thank you for this video.
Many of those annual herbs self-seed in my garden so I don't need to worry about them.
The FPJ is great for all the garden. I wish I could find an online list of the plant's contents.
I've not been able to read the book yet and hope there's lots of info in there.
Great video Huw
Fenugreek (for aromatic seed or dried leaves) germinates in cool soil and is a nitrogen fixer.
HUW....YOUR AN UNSUNG HERO OF NATURE !!!!!!
Youre great Huw, so much value in your videos, and great colours and quality, its a real pleasure following this channel.
Would you mind throwing together a few simple cooking videos of how you like to use your crops? For someone like me, aspiring to be more green and healthy, that would be a great inspiration to get off the usual meatballs-and-pasta diet. I´m inspired to grow, but I really dont know what to do with all these herbs.
Yes - a cooking video is a great idea!
Fascinating heads up on herb fermentation, Huw!
The best compost batch I made last year that I amended my container soils with this year, was from my experiment “compost salad” bin which included layers of various herbs such as mint, sage, parsley, previous year’s (bolting) fennel/parsnips, rosemary in between normal garden waste.
Definitely going to ferment them this year. I grew loads of extra herbs to surround the chicken run having heard that chickens love pecking leaves through the wire for, as and when required, medical/mineral needs. Chickens are away on vacation so going to ferment the excess 😃
You have once again inspired my interest Huw, I grow parsley chives and marjoram in a trough near my kitchen , now I shall greatly expand to dill and borage etc etc 😁
Amazing my friend I'm glad to see you through the channel. I hope we can communicate with you and be loved again.
I support your channel. Thank you!
hummingbirds love nasturtiums. Every time i am in the garden the hummingbirds really make it possible for me to say hi to them. I'm not sure if they know that its me planting it for them and their way of saying thank you... hahaha
Dill is my favorite ….my cilantro and parsley isn’t doing so well I’m in NY but I’ll keep trying
I just realise, watching your film, that I grow coriander not dill. I sow both but I used my dill, as I was sure that it was dill and was wondering, why this other dill looks different 😄
I really love my herbs, your garden is so beautiful with all the flowers, thanks for the video
This is indeed inspiring, Huw.
I looked and realized I haven't subscribed and I've been watching your videos since you were a young man. Subscribed now from Lodi, California, I will be sowing more herbs in my tiny yard and porches.
I really need to use more herbs in my cooking.....
I really enjoy growing herbs🌱🌱, you can harvest continuously. For example mint is great, you can use it for cooking and as tea 👍
Olá! Estou aprendendo inglês, e amo plantar, descobri um jeito de aprender através dos seus vídeos, consigo compreender o seu sotaque! Obrigada!
Thanks huw. Sow little and often. I’ll do that. Our herbs bolt at such a quick rate here in aus due to the heat.
I was so surprised when the swallowtail butterfly caterpillars ate my fennel nearly to the ground (a herb I was willing to sacrifice to help butterflies), but the fennel came back anyway and bulbed.
I was going to mention that as well. Swallowtail butterfly caterpillars love all of the apiaceae family. Will literally swallow a whole plant overnight. Fascinating creatures though. Plant enough for both you and them! 🐛
Caterpillars, (I thought Monarchs, but they might have been Swallowtails,) have decimated my bronze fennel a couple years ago, made the plants into white skeletons (they even chewed up the bark) I was a little upset but I was rewarded with dozens of big healthy caterpillars, and the fennel came back the next year.
I plant parsley and dill specifically for the Swallowtail caterpillars so I was happy to see them! Tomato hookworm, though, I removed from the garden. Oh, yes, I’m quite discriminatory 😔
Very interesting. Some of my annual herbs have turned into perennials, such as the Parsley and Dill which re-seed themselves and come back year after year. Other herbs we use a lot of, such as Oregano and Winter Savory are true perennials. Can't have too many herbs! ;-)
I started using dill in my cooking and it's awesome.
I love my coriander. It really is my favourite herb. Other than that, I do have to confess that my herb collection is mainly perennials - Sweet Cicely and Oregano being particular favourites.
One of my new introductions is 'Korean Liquorice Mint' (from Real Seeds, UK only) and I do recommend this for anyone who likes the idea of growing something suitable as a 'tea alternative.'
Obviously the liquorice flavour is well-represented, with the minty part hiding well in the background (I don't like mint tea, so this was important).
It actually makes a satisfying drink, unlike many other supposedly good tea alternatives. Right up there with Lemon Verbena (which I can't grow where I am. It's fine in a summer like this, but that's not a guarantee in Scotland).
I'm also growing Hyssop as a tea alternative, but right now I'm finding that one a bit too 'herbal' in a 'stewed hedgerow' kind of a way. Maybe it's better when it grows larger.
Inspiring! I'm going to plant herbs around all my fruit trees and bushes. Great video.
Another bonus is the money saving. Here in Australia the price of fresh herbs is ridiculous. Growing them yourself saves you a fortune.
I cannot get over the price difference between organic and non organic veg in Australia. It’s crazy!
Excellent herbs video Huw Richards and it's hot in Scotland but it's hotter outdoors than indoors.
Thanks David, literally been in Scotland for the last week😊
Hello Huw, thank you for this video, it is absolutely inspriring. I thought I might be too late to saw, but I am going to try it. Hope it isn't too dry here (Portugal) at the moment, but it should be worth a try. Thank you very much.
Brilliant video, thank you so much!! Your garden exudes vitality and also invites peace and contemplation. 🙏 Namaste
Don't forget coriander root. Used so much in SE.Asian food
Thank you for sharing with us Huw
Would LOVE to see you try grow some mushrooms from plugs in some logs, I've never had any luck with them...
I have crazy amounts of volunteer mushrooms in my garden this year, but I don't know anything about mushrooms, so I just leave them there and don't eat them.
Perfect timing. This video is Gold!!! Thank you
I have a small garden and regularly pop in herbs in spaces. I also have a lot of self seeded borage which I leave and either cut back or remove when it is in the way. After watching your video on fermented plant juice yesterday I started one with banana skins and another with borage. Alas I have no stinging nettle and none nearby. Juiced 2.5 kilos of lemons yesterday to freeze for cooking. Wondering if I could make a ferment from the pulp/skins to use on my blueberries.
I have a question, when you say "coriander" is that what we in the US call "cilantro" or is it a different plant?
In the US, cilantro is the name for the plant's leaves and stem, while coriander is the name for its dried seeds. Internationally, the leaves and stems are called coriander, while its dried seeds are called coriander seeds
yes
Thank you Marc! :)
Same plant
It’s called Cilantro when you eat the leaves. Once it goes to seed, harvest and dry them, they are now called Coriander!
I’m just starting planting some vegetables and some herbs 🪴 but weather here to hot so it slowly growing, thank for your sharing this experience about growing herbs 🙏🪴💓
I live in Georgia, USA - near the ocean - and it is very hot here, too. I have had a lot of success with oregano, basil, and chives in this hot, humid climate. You may have good luck with those where you are. :-)
@@Jonathan_Ellis thank you so much for motivate me, 💓💓🙏🏡🪴
@@SiebMab You are welcome!
Fabulous video. Thanks from New Zealand.!!
Would like to hear more about your cumin and caraway trials. I tried two years and always loose them in the early stages at about an inch height.
Beautiful video Huw! You didn't mention the great use of drying herbs to use throughout the year. You can save much money and have delicious herbs always available. Have you ever tried growing papalo? It's a Mexican herb similar to coriander/cilantro. The latter tastes soapy to me, but I hear good things about papalo. Does anyone have experience with it or advice on growing it? Thanks for any tips. Courtney in Virginia, USA
2:34 fresh Coriander seeds... I wish I could preserve the taste, because the time to enjoy is so short. I am looking forward to find some in my garden soon.
You can pickle them with a 2% salt solution 😊
Nice garden, Thanks for sharing
fantastic video, and resource as a channel
Ciao Richards congratulazione per il tuo lavoro , ho fatto anch'io i letti rialzati , per non fare crescere l'erba cosa hai messo alla base ?
Great idea! Giant database. Brilliant!
Great garden sir! Thank you
@Huw Richards Is that dogfennel you're standing in front of your the first 15 seconds? That grows wild here in Florida cant get away from it.
Big time like here my dude!! Herbs are the main protagonist in our house :)
Yes yes!! #KNFgirl #FPJ #SST 👊💥🔥🌱
Great video as always. I'm from Germany and wonder if you know my favorite herbs in Wales: Schnittlauch, Liebstöckel und Rauke. In english chives, lovage and rocket (??? says Google translater😅) Did you know and grow them in your garden too?
that was great well done huw
Amazing garden
When are your first frostdate in the autumn?
Salut my dear frend ay like your garden 👍🥦🥬🥒🌶🍆🍅🍓🥕🧄😉.From Roumenia (Transylvania)🇷🇴
Love your videos, can I suggest you wear a microphone 🎤, I listen when driving mostly, but can’t really hear, even at home also.
Wish I was as successful as you with getting parsley and dill to germinate! 😩
Especially parsley... 🤦🏼♀️
I had the same problem with Basil this year, it took three times. The expensive brand seeds I had bought all turned out to all be duds. The cheap seeds germinated in less than a week direct sew using several layers of newspaper to cover them so they didn’t dry out in this HOT summer. Try newspaper or cardboard, keep moist n check often to see when they’ve emerged, then remove it. That’s my new all time fav way to sew now.
Awesome! I've got right into tea garden herbs this year. Love being able to go out a pick a pot of tea!
That sounds interesting! Which herbs do you grow for the tea?
@@Jonathan_Ellis lemon balm, lemon verbena, perilla, chamomile, mint, thyme, korean mint (nice licorice flavour!), borage, fennel, hyssop so far. Going to try to grow hibiscus next year!
@@breaker-one-nine Thank you!
@jonathan Ellis nettle tea is also delicious and so good for you
@@knowyourcarirelanduk Thank you!
I'm really sick what book would you recommend on how to make organic soil/compost? I wish to learn to heal myself through plants. I need a comprehensive guide with simple language.
How much space do you need to grow food for one person all year, and not buy any food at all at the grocery store?
Please do cooking videos!!
Do you have any herbs that winter over?
I just started growing herbs and now I'm trying to find oregano and lemon grass. got oregano seeds but it's not germinating😢
Seeds need 3 things to germinate they are Water, Oxygen and Temperature. So if you have been watering them it could be not enough oxygen and the temperature is either too high or too low because some seeds need low temperatures to germinate and others need high temperatures and some need somewhere between.
I got an Oregano plant instead, because it grows from cuttings so easily. The plant literally lays stems on the ground and root there in a couple of weeks.
You might save yourself some money by buying a plant in the long-run - especially if your Spring/Summer temperatures are bouncing around all over the place as they are where I am.
Sometimes, growing from seed just doesn't work (I have problems with a few plants that used to grow just fine when I lived in another region), so I have opted to buy a plant instead.
Oregano can take weeks to a month or more to germinate. Keep at it, it will come up. I started mine indoors in Fall and kept in windowsill. It stated very small. They are 2’ tall now. I thought for sure the seeds were bad, it’s a good thing I started them in same pot with the thyme.
Hello Huw l like your garden
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Warm, Greetings from a new friend living in Portugal 👍 823
Why did you cut the flowers of your squashes?
practicas la permacultura😮.. hiervas que curan?.. amo curarme con hierbas.. tienen muchas propiedades.. los nativos pai pai y kiliwuas.de mi region .usan remedios naturales 💖👍
IS THIS GENTLEMEN THE ILLEGITIMATE SON OF ONE SIR CHARLES DOWDING!!!!!??????
Pozdrowienia z Polski
If you have a glut of your fresh herbs have a look at youtube Village Life flatbread filled with greens/Azerbaijani GUTAB. I find these breads are a great way to use LOTS of 'greens' and its so tasty.
Interesting fact about coriander..there's a genetic predisposition to either loving it or hating it! My oldest son and I hate it. So nope I won't be growing any lol. ☺️
That's weird. My husband absolutely hates it too, while my son and I love it.
I have to stir it into a curry for a final couple of moments after dishing out my husband's 'untainted' share.
@@debbiehenri345 I know eh? (yes I'm Canadian lol), I was really surprised when I read it..cut n dried so to speak..love or hate it 🔥
Not helping the pollinators if they can't find the way out your polytunnel and die though. That's a big problem for bees.
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Oh my. You are cute 😘
hands off. he's mine😁
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Why is it that *Coriander* taste's like Soap to some people
Always thought that strange.🇮🇪🇪🇺
I just posted that there's a genetic predisposition to either loving it or hating it, my eldest son and I hate it. Perhaps that's your answer 🙂. Blessings ☺️
Ive heard if you are deficient in some minerals that some food tastes awful. Zinc is one mineral that can affect the taste of food.
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Yes herbs are amazing. Before I moved from Rhode Island to North Dakota I headed up a great group of volunteers to create an 18th century re-created medicinal herb garden on the grounds of the doctor's house ( www.glocesterheritagegardens.org ) I agree with you to mix them into your garden but I have to say the scent and the pollinators it drew was indescribable when in that confined space. (unfortunately another thing that Covid has effected)