05/29: Harvest
The herb-container is prospering good and the marigolds are sprawling.
Therefore the marigold plants must be reduced a little bit,
even when I don't like to cut them.
I will take this opportunity to make a first harvest
and to prepare a cream from the first small crop.
For a cream I only need a little bit of herbs.
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The herb-container is rather overgrown.
Some of the marigolds are blooming, others are already finished with blooming.
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I cut the withered blossoms because I think it is to early for seeds.
Later when the marigolds have blossomed for some months
I will keep the withered blossom,
that seeds have the chance to ripen.
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Next I cut some of the fresh blossoms
and some leaves of thyme and majoram.
This is my first small harvest.
From this first crop I prepare a herbal-oil
and a cream.
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Now a glance onto the different herbs.
Here you can see the majoram that gets longer and longer.
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The marigolds are too much, like I feared from the beginning on.
They use too much place.
It's hard to cut some of them, but needed.
I cut some of the marigold plants today.
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And here you can see the thyme.
It is developping nicely
but compared to the marigold it is really tiny.
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Now we can see the herb container after cutting.
Ok, there is not much difference,
though I cut a lot of plants.
Now I will wait some time how it will develop.
If needed, I will cut more of the marigolds.
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Translation note
As English is not my native language, some words may not be translated properly.
Please feel free to send me any corrections.
Thank you Eva
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