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August means a couple of things for me in the herb garden! Garlic chives will bloom and you must keep the flower heads clipped to keep them from spreading far and wide. Also you need to be thinking about what you will be bringing inside in containers, harvesting plants for drying and/or freezing (which really you should have been doing all along) and for me I need to take stock of what herbs I will make into jelly. Most of you don't have to worry about that.
Garlic chives (Allium tuberosum) do have a place in the herb garden. The leaves give that garlic flavor that may be more palatable for some including me. The white flowers add a pop of brightness to all of the other flowers in the herb garden and they keep attracting those wonderful pollinators that we need. I just try to keep my garlic chives in a clump and dig out the extras. They are a beautiful perennial addition to the herb garden.
It has been like a sauna and monsoon season at the same time here in the 'Burgh! The herb garden is definitely lush. The weeds are rampant as well! Hopefully you have had a great day wherever you may be. Don't forget my giveaway. You can click on this link to leave a comment and hopefully win. An All Homemade Herbal Giveaway! The giveaway ends on Sunday, August 21, 2016 at Noon! One entry per person please!
We have had the rains here but much cooler weather. Everything is going in overdrive in the garden here too and I'm stressing over getting it all done. I have small mountains of cucumbers and squash that need prepped and the there are the tomatoes. Having to deal with a puppy has cut I to my work time.
ReplyDeleteI use to have some garlic chives. Hoping I can grow some in a pot in our new place. Nancy
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