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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 528318" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Most herbs are incredibly easy to grow. You actually have to be very careful if you plant them in a garden because many of them will take over the entire thing. Same goes if you put them in a pot with other herbs. If the pots are small, say under 6" in diameter, you are not going to get enough fresh herbs to really cook with more than one tme every few weeks or longer. While fresh herbs are great, the rule of thumb for comparing fresh to dried is that you need 3 teaspoons of fresh for every 1 teaspoon of dried herb. Of course this is finely chopped fresh herbs so that it goes into the spoon. It takes a LOT of fresh herbs to get that much - probably more than you think. One way to get more out of your fresh herbs if you are cooking wth them is to put them in a mortar and use a pestle to grind them with a bit of sugar, salt or another similar ingredient. this releases more of the oils and you get more flavor and fragrance. Also add them close to the end of cooking rather that at the beginning unless the recipe calls for something else. You can cook all hte flavor right out if you cook the fresh herbs for long.</p><p></p><p>I think the 'Bonnie" you are talking about is a brand name, like Kraft or any other brand. It doesn't really mean anything when it comes to the herbs themselves. Those are more about what kind of herb you have, at least as for how to take care of them. Herbs actually do better with a bit of neglect. Sounds odd, but they are far more flavorful if they have to work to survive. So over watering and over fertilizing will be your enemy. </p><p></p><p>Put the herbs in individual pots or containers. If you are going to grow them indoors away from a window, invest in one of those full spectrum daylight bulbs in a lamp near them. You can get the expensive lights or you can get a replacement bulb that works in any standard light bulb socket - last time I got one it was about $7, but they last for a LONG time. Don't leave this on all the time - plants need night time as much as daytime. </p><p></p><p>I would use a fertilizer spike and just put one in each pot bc it is just so much easier. Water them, move them to windows to get sunlight if possible, and hopefully you will have some nice herbs before too long.</p><p></p><p>Oh, mint will jump to another pot if you let it. So will some of the other herbs. I don't know the why/how, I just know I had several herb pots near each other and suddenly I had oregano, mint, mint, and mint. Before I had oregano, mint, basil and chives. they were about 2 inches apart and somehow the mint just wandered over, moved in and tossed the basil and chives out. I have heard other people talk about this too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 528318, member: 1233"] Most herbs are incredibly easy to grow. You actually have to be very careful if you plant them in a garden because many of them will take over the entire thing. Same goes if you put them in a pot with other herbs. If the pots are small, say under 6" in diameter, you are not going to get enough fresh herbs to really cook with more than one tme every few weeks or longer. While fresh herbs are great, the rule of thumb for comparing fresh to dried is that you need 3 teaspoons of fresh for every 1 teaspoon of dried herb. Of course this is finely chopped fresh herbs so that it goes into the spoon. It takes a LOT of fresh herbs to get that much - probably more than you think. One way to get more out of your fresh herbs if you are cooking wth them is to put them in a mortar and use a pestle to grind them with a bit of sugar, salt or another similar ingredient. this releases more of the oils and you get more flavor and fragrance. Also add them close to the end of cooking rather that at the beginning unless the recipe calls for something else. You can cook all hte flavor right out if you cook the fresh herbs for long. I think the 'Bonnie" you are talking about is a brand name, like Kraft or any other brand. It doesn't really mean anything when it comes to the herbs themselves. Those are more about what kind of herb you have, at least as for how to take care of them. Herbs actually do better with a bit of neglect. Sounds odd, but they are far more flavorful if they have to work to survive. So over watering and over fertilizing will be your enemy. Put the herbs in individual pots or containers. If you are going to grow them indoors away from a window, invest in one of those full spectrum daylight bulbs in a lamp near them. You can get the expensive lights or you can get a replacement bulb that works in any standard light bulb socket - last time I got one it was about $7, but they last for a LONG time. Don't leave this on all the time - plants need night time as much as daytime. I would use a fertilizer spike and just put one in each pot bc it is just so much easier. Water them, move them to windows to get sunlight if possible, and hopefully you will have some nice herbs before too long. Oh, mint will jump to another pot if you let it. So will some of the other herbs. I don't know the why/how, I just know I had several herb pots near each other and suddenly I had oregano, mint, mint, and mint. Before I had oregano, mint, basil and chives. they were about 2 inches apart and somehow the mint just wandered over, moved in and tossed the basil and chives out. I have heard other people talk about this too. [/QUOTE]
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