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one of the nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating. |
Monica’s Plants
Basil and Cilantro have been the hardest herbs for me to grow in Colorado. The direct sun light wilts the fragile stems of these plants and they don’t grow much as indoor plants. I’ve been slowly trying to increase the hardiness of these plants, placing them in the sun for short periods of time and misting them often with water. I miss the humidity of the East coast, where you can leave a basil plant out without tending to it, and within weeks it you can rip it off in bunches and use in pasta sauce.
The cilantro has been the most temperamental of them all! This plant is growing out in ten different directions and keeps getting entangled within itself. I got some gardening wire and props to help with the height but the plant is sprouting flowers, which means coriander seeds. Hopefully there are a couple more harvests left from this, or I think I’ll stick to buying my cilantro from Sprouts.
The rosemary, I’ve had better luck with, growing in a nice steady pace -steady enough for us to use frequently in cooking. Now that I’m certain there are no freak snowstorms in our future I’m hoping within a month of new life as outdoor plants, these babies will really come to fruition.
