Haircut Day

 

Last week was haircut day.  Not for me, although I certainly need one, but for my herbs. 

Let's start on the far left and work our way from there.  I bought three lavender plants this year and have killed two of them already.  One is still surviving, but not thriving.

 

My very expensive lemon grass is wedged between two pots of oregano that I cut back. The lemon grass kept falling over due to our high winds, so I gave it a bit of help standing up.

 

The large beige pot holds thyme, which overwinters outside thanks to Erika's advice.  The dark brown pot to the right is lemon thyme.  Although it may not appear as such, it got a haircut, too.  The black pot in the center is thyme I purchased this year.

 

The two white pots on the right are rosemary.  The plant in the larger pot got the haircut.

 

The large white pot in back on the right is comfrey.

 

This is a better view of the comfrey.  The bee balm/bergamot that has overwintered two winters seems to have died.  I have no idea why.  It's sad.  In front are my chives before I used nearly half the bunch in a salad I made.  Another rosemary sits behind the chives.

 

As you can see, I cut a great deal of the sage.  All three pots (the two terracotta colors and the black) received drastic cuts, even though they don't look like I removed much.

 

The two white pots are milkweed which have never flowered.

 

I believe I will leave the rest for another day. Thanks for joining me in my herb garden.  I hope I didn't bore you.

And because I need a face, 

I give you the face of our blog, the charming and handsome Bleubeard hanging out with me in the basement studio.  Also, please join us at 

 

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