Update 3.10.16

Goodness gracious! 

The plants have really, really started to grow. Last update I had trimmed some of the larger herbs, and last night I had to do it again. The second harvest was even bigger than the first! I'm still kind of new to the whole herb garden thing, but I had no idea these things could replenish from a trimming so fast! 

This week we switched some things around. All three lettuce plants are doing fine and getting huge. So much so, that I decided to move them to the big garden temporarily so I could give the smaller plants their own spot with good light. 

The cilantro did sprout one little green vein, but it hasn't grown any leaves yet. We are way past the 21 day mark for sprouting, but I'm still letting it hang out. Hopefully this fresh water and plant food today will wake it up. 

Here is a shot of the "toddlers" as I call them. On the left is "Curly Parsley", in the middle is "Italian Parsley" and on the right is the Cilantro. I'm still really hopeful that the cilantro will take off, it's one of the main reasons we started this garden. (And I hate buying it now that we have all these herbs! 

Next we have our Big fat 9 pod. The Dill by far is growing the most, however the Genovese Basil is doing really well also. You can see here why I had the thought of moving the smaller plants. These others are large and in charge. There really wasn't a way to trim them back so the little guys could get enough light. (Trimming more than a third of the plant could actually damage or kill it.)

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First Trimming! 3.4.16

We harvested our first clippings from the gardens today.
It's really amazing how fast some of these plants are growing!
So far the fastest growing herbs have been the Dill, Genovese Basil, and Thai Basil. These three have been overtaking the back row of the Garden. Our Cilantro has finally shown some signs of life, giving us a 100% success rate with both gardens. =)
All three lettuces are doing fine and growing full. I may experiment a bit and move the smaller Lettuce to the back.


Herb Garden Before:

Lettuce Garden Before: 

Here is all of the edible trimmings: 

Here is the after of the Herb Garden: 

Here is the after of the Lettuce Garden: 

According to what we have read, with regular pruning we will be able to harvest the maximum amounts from our gardens. SO if you will excuse me, I have a date with a salad bowl =)