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[baronessekat]

I went out to fill bird feeders and see if I needed to water the garden today. After the rain that we have had this week, my pumpkin plants are just exploding all over the place.

If I plant pumpkins again next year, they are so getting their own 4x4 garden and not going in with others plants. But having never planted pumpkins before I had no idea how much room they needed. And since I got them as seedlings, there were no little instructions on the package.

But my big boy tomatoes are doing very well and have lots of blossoms on them. I think the cucumbers may have a blossom trying. Same goes for the beans.

Of all things, one of my tarragon plants is blooming. Of course now that I have these herbs growing nicely I have realized something. Other than mint, I've never used with fresh herbs before. It's always been dried stuff out of a jar. I have sage, rosemary and tarragon going happily. Now just have to figure out how to use it.

Comments

[apidae.livejournal.com]

We discovered the same thing with our squash plants last year. Any vine veggie I think needs it's own bed - and maybe even a low A-frame trellis to keep the veggies from rotting on the bottom.

As for fresh herbs - simply use them in a recipe as you would dried. I like to roast things with whole sprigs of rosemary. You just put the rosemary right in the roasting pan with the meat. Pick the whole sprig out and toss it when the cooking is done.