any herb growers out there
03-23-2011, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
Originally Posted by trisha
I would like to grow Stevia this year? Have you tried that yet? And if so, how do you use it from the plant? I have it in a box. My husband loves it.
I chew the leaves with either a double mint or a spearmint leaf just like gum..I also use the leaves in my iced tea..with mint leaves as well..and it can be dried on screen or dehydrator and stored in jars, simply crush and use in teas...as a diabetic I just love stevia!
03-24-2011, 06:13 AM
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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
Originally Posted by trisha
I would like to grow Stevia this year? Have you tried that yet? And if so, how do you use it from the plant? I have it in a box. My husband loves it.
I chew the leaves with either a double mint or a spearmint leaf just like gum..I also use the leaves in my iced tea..with mint leaves as well..and it can be dried on screen or dehydrator and stored in jars, simply crush and use in teas...as a diabetic I just love stevia!
I never knew that we could grow it here in OK. Did you find the plants locally, or did you have to order.??
03-24-2011, 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by cinnya
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
Originally Posted by trisha
I would like to grow Stevia this year? Have you tried that yet? And if so, how do you use it from the plant? I have it in a box. My husband loves it.
I chew the leaves with either a double mint or a spearmint leaf just like gum..I also use the leaves in my iced tea..with mint leaves as well..and it can be dried on screen or dehydrator and stored in jars, simply crush and use in teas...as a diabetic I just love stevia!
I never knew that we could grow it here in OK. Did you find the plants locally, or did you have to order.??
03-24-2011, 07:34 AM
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I grow a number of herbs this is the first year though I'm starting from seed. So far so good, our local nursery and big stores but the prices are going up and up. Right now I have growing lemon basil, sweet basil, rosemary, cilantro, chives, and oregano. I'm also going to start to grow some flowers indoors as well.
03-24-2011, 11:29 AM
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For those that grow rosemary is that a plant that comes back each year? I know my mint does but most other things I have to replant each year. Is there a particular brand of rosemary I should be trying to grow?
03-24-2011, 11:53 AM
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Sheila, it is doubtful that rosemary would be perennial in Ottawa. I am several zones south of you, at about 5A, in mid-NY State and mine has needed to be replanted. When I was in Napa Valley, CA, it grows like hedges and is amazing.
03-24-2011, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Sheila_H
For those that grow rosemary is that a plant that comes back each year? I know my mint does but most other things I have to replant each year. Is there a particular brand of rosemary I should be trying to grow?
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