Herbs in Hayaokidori.
We have some herbs and have grown them up. We started
growning some new ones this year hoping they could provide
special meals and perfume for our guests. Just check what
we have. |
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Oregano. Used for italian stuff like pasta,
pizza. A little bit strong smell if it's fresh. Usually
used as dried ones. Oregano grows fast, so sometimes we
cut some to avoid too much humidity. If there are too
many stems, sometimes they don't pass windblow. |
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Thyme. Works to get rid of smell of meat.
This one looked a bit bad in condition in summer, so we
put it in a shade, then it got well. |
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Sparemint flowers are in bloom - white ones.
We use sparemint for icecream, cakes etc. This one is
3-4 years old. We devided this one into 7 or more pots
because full of roots in the pot ! |
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Peppermint we got this year. Mints survive
in winter even where people have snow. No problem for
us. But what we have to be careful is that we have to
put each and every kind of mint far apart because mints
easily get mixed. |
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Chives. We can pick up some from spring
to autumn. |
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Stevia. Really sweet and few calories. We
are sure it works for diet. |
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Basil. We've already harvested a lot because
we have grown them since we seeded. Basil can not survive
winter, so have to seed every year. |
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Charbill. Selfille in French. Sensitive
smell as well as its looking. We often use this for fish. |
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Rosemary. Kinda strong smell. They say that
it stimulates our brains, so works to avoid getting old....
Rosemaries originally live in cliffs beside the Meditarranian
sea, so they usually get a lot of sunshine and a few rain.
So we need to put them in sunshine and do them below roofs
when it rains because they strongly dislike getting humid.
When i forgot to take some in the house for some days
when it rained, they all got died. |
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Herbs are easy to increase. Cut some stem
just below a joint then put it into a small pot of water
and see, some roots will appear 1-2 week/s later. Then
you put it in a pot.
Oregano (left), Rosemary (right) |
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Lavender. They get bloom in early summer.
They are originally from along the Meditteranian sea,
so they like dry weather in summer and moist weather in
winter. But we have rainy season here in Japan. So we
have to grow them being well drained. Have to cut stems
before snow falls to survive winter. |
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