Woo Hoo! I'm going to have my very own herb garden!

My seeds sprouted earlier than expected. Good thing I took that Horticulture class. Out of the 4, only one hasn't sprouted any yet. I have garlic flavored chives, marjoram, and some pretty blue creeping flowers. The cilantro has not sprouted. I don't know if it will, but it's not expected to until atleast 15 days. My hanging basket strawberries haven't sprouted either. Not sure why, but only had a few tiny seeds, so I may have to buy some more. I don't even know why I got the marjoram, I haven't ever cooked with it. Oh well, maybe I will. Thinning won't happen for a while yet. I have many sprouts but don't need more than a few. I'll transer to an 8" pot for the herbs. The flowers are going to require another hanging basket. I've never used fresh herbs before. If these chives are good, I'll probably use them a lot. I want some scallions, aka green onions. Didn't find seeds for them at walmart though. All my plants are perennials. They will grow back each year. You prune them back after they flower to enable the process to do what it needs to to get good plants each year. If you don't, they aren't as good when they come back. I've never grown herbs, let alone indoors. I don't know if they'll go through their die in the winter thing. It would be cool if they didn't. That's ok though, I can freeze the leaves.
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