Gardening Adventure: A Harvest

Nature is magical. I started growing herbs at the old house mid-June with the
modest hope that through trial and error I would learn the ropes and finally be 
able to supply my own needs. Oh boy--what a nice surprise! Within a month, I was 
cooking with them. My own parsley and sage have flavored all the dishes that call
for them. The sage has grown so much and since moved to a bigger pot. And I have 
already been looking for new parsley recipes. Even the cilantro which I planted
two weeks ago gave me a harvest today. Meanwhile, all I did was pouring some
garden mix, planting the starter herbs, and watering them daily. 

The cilantro starters at the store cost more than I thought reasonable and,
after buying two, I searched for better ways to grow it. One idea was to grow
from seeds.

The cilantro is also called coriander, one key curry ingredient. It was a coincidence
that I recently bought a big jar of the stuff (seeds and not powder), for my chicken 
curry, from an Indian grocery store. If these seeds worked, I figured, I would have a
life-time supply of cheap and fresh cilantro. I had some doubt, though, after
burying some in two pots, that they might have been processed for cooking and
therefore wouldn't germinate.

Two weeks passed and I already forgot about them. But today, I found I was lucky
again as at least eight tiny seedlings were breaking out thanks to the 80-degree
weather these days.

I also learnt a new word: bolting. It refers to the fast growth of a herb to produce 
seeds under hot weather. That's what those bought (or boughten) cilantro was doing. Basically, I have to harvest if I don't want seeds. 

Thank You!

[7grizzly]

回复 '暖冬cool夏' 的评论 : Never thought of that! Sounds tempting :-)

[暖冬cool夏]

回复 '7grizzly' 的评论 : Especially if you grow marijuana instead of cilantro:))

[7grizzly]

回复 '暖冬cool夏' 的评论 : No worries. As I work from here, a vocation home might be more proper :-)

[暖冬cool夏]

Sorry,vacation. What a mistake:) Enjoy your day!

[7grizzly]

回复 '暖冬cool夏' 的评论 : Thanks 暖冬 for reading and your comments. I got my cilantro from Walmart. Indeed, I spend most time at the old place these days, having the best time of my life again :-)

[暖冬cool夏]

Your picture and post lights up my day.
Weeks ago I also searched for cilantro seeds at Home Depot, but to no avail. Good to hear your story. Your old home is like your vocation home now:)