Here is Kathleen's wonderful display gardens at The Village Herb Shop. If you haven't been able to get to Chagrin Falls, you need to go because besides Kathleen's lovely and wonderful shop, the village of Chagrin Falls is a classic hometown. I grew up in the 50's and it so reminds me of my childhood. Small family run businesses and very good restaurants are the foundation of Chagrin Falls. Of course, there are the falls as well and they are very active unlike other years when we haven't had as much rainfall. But I digress!
She has worked hard to have her dream. She has inspired hundreds of people to dive into the herb world. Thank you Kathleen for inspiring me! I did talk to the group about my gardening and showed pictures of our garden (had to include The Herbal Husband) and helped answering questions. Two of those questions I'm going to answer here.
I did find an extension educator talking about milk and water and powdery mildew. I began to doubt whether it was actually milk and water. It is milk and water as a powdery mildew protectant. I have seen 1 part milk to 9 parts water. I also saw 50/50 milk to water. You must use it before the plant has the disease. It will not cure it once it has the powdery mildew. It can smell bad when the milk breaks down. It does work though. So experiment with it. You might want to try Neem oil. This link is from the University of Connecticut. The Neem tree is a tree from Southeast Asia and India. A 1% solution of Neem has been found to help powdery mildew on hydrangeas, lilacs and phlox. You need to follow package labels when you use it.
The second question was how to use Cuban Oregano. I have blogged about it on November 29, 2008. Here are some links that I found when I Goggled recipes using Cuban Oregano. The first one is a November newsletter from vegetable herb.com. The second one is a Cuban bean recipe from Lingle's Herbs. The third link is oregano recipes that are Cuban inspired from old fashioned living.com. The final website is more Cuban inspired recipes from cooks.com.
3 comments:
Very cool. I cannot seem to get my dill to grow this year. I have planted it three times with no luck. How am I going to make pickles this year without dill????
Good info about treating powdery mildew...always see it on my bee balm and usually lilacs. Should you apply the mix early in the season when growth is still new?
And wish I could get some of my dill to your other reader above! I planted Dukat seeds and the plants are so healthy this year - an over abundance I would love to share!
If you know that the plant gets powdery mildew, I would be spraying it as early as you can. I wish you could share as well!
My dill is not so great this year either, Missy!
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