Culinary Herbs?

[Savant]

Wow... lavender!! amazing!!

One day I will restart my herb garden when I have my own place...

[beetroot]

Yes, a basic necessity (chilli padi .. weeheee!!) and I love them too, with soy sauce. Yum yum...

Celticfish, yes, they come in many colours - dark green, light green, yellow, red and yes, my colour too ! I have seen different varieties from those that my dad plants. Purple & yellow ones can make you burn. Always great to be able to pluck them from the garden and have fresh chillies with your rice and dishes for dinner . Yum yum again...

[celticfish]

Simon,
I recall your pitcher plant setup.
Is it similar to your herb setup with artificial lights?
Kinda like how we do planted tanks?

Savant,
"Faiti faiti lah".
I want to do one too!
But I would need to start cooking more often to maixmize the herb garden!

[celticfish]

Purple Padi!!! (Hey, that rhymes)
WAH! Can I have one for a taste? (I'm thinking I might just regret from you description though...)
Never had a purple chilli padi before...

I was tempted at one time to get seeds for "wild tomato" strains.
I salivated from the catalog desceriptions of the various strains.
Word like "meaty" and "flavourful" were used...

I'm suddenly hungry...

[beetroot]

But I would need to start cooking more often to maixmize the herb garden!

You even cook??? Wow.... for a single guy...
Oops... not off topic, right? Because talking about cooking which is related to herbs... hehehe....
... sorry could not resist...

Ok, maybe when you have your herb garden, and cooking more, we can be your food tasters .

And hmm... I thought you knew chillies do come in the colour of beet... hehe...

[beetroot]

I was tempted at one time to get seeds for "wild tomato" strains.

But not sure if tomatoes can grow well and become meaty and juicy with our climate here. They may need cooler weather, I think but not sure. What is "wild tomato"?

Remembered many many years ago, my dad got some tomato seeds from USA - planted in the US, fat big plump and juicy, bigger than the size of your fist, but brought back and planted in our climate became cherry tomato size.

[celticfish]

Yah, Mr. Miyagi always say, "Single guy must learn to or be able to cook."
"Otherwise single guy will always end up hungry..."

I cook a mean "chinese turkey"!
Complete with chilli sauce.
Ask the guys from who attened the last PCS X'mas dinner.
Let's see if any "fishy forums" have something planned the coming festive season.

[beetroot]

Chilli sauce from bottle or chilli sauce from fresh chilli? hehe..
Ok next time if I have fresh purple chilli padi, I let you know . I think not many people have seen it.

[Simon]

irwin

yes, same setup. however, the herbs are along the perimeter of the racks

[celticfish]

@ beetroot,
Definitely FRESH!
No bottles allowed!
I'm the "test crash" dummy before it hits the table.


Thanks Simon!
At least I have another option/idea for a setup.
I think a "full sun" exposure may dry some of them up too.
At one point, I was contemplating "composing" (pun intended!) my own soil.

My garden hero? Masanobu Fukuoka!
Still trying to get his original publications...

[Simon]

nothing beats having the real thing, since you have a garden I recommend you should use it. I can give you cuttings to startup.

[rwalker]

I have sweet basil and "unknown mint", lol.
I usually use the sweet basil leaves for grilled salmon or toast garlic bread. The aroma of the garlic mixed with the sweetness and the unique smell of basil leaves makes the bread taste heavenly

I have not find a good way to make use of the mint leave though.

I also plant pandan leaves and Chinese chives.

Some time back I tried chill padi. Everything was ok except there was a lack of natural pollinator in the high-rise HDB environment. I ended up playing that role myself and I managed to rope in my kids to help me . No wonder they do well in their science subject, lol.

[beetroot]

Spot "my colour" .


from our garden... organic!