Herbs?

[Biscombe]

Hey Doris, thanks for the link XXX

[Biscombe]

[Jeannine]

 The Curry plant which there is some doubt about is  a bit like a silvery lavender.

The Curry Leaf plant which is not grown in Europe is a bit more like pointed bay leaf.

If you find Curry Leaf plants in Asian stores they are from the second one.

The first one is often with the herbs but all herbs are not edible.

If anyone has a good herb book it will be in there I am certain,I just  can't remember the book I saw it in a couple of years ago and I am sure it said it was toxic. XX Jeannine

[jennym]

Curry leaf is what you want, the botanical name is Murraya koenigii

You can buy it at these places:
http://www.poyntzfieldherbs.co.uk/catalogue1.asp?sortby=engname&colhead=shrubs&req=yes&doctitle=Shrubs%20and%20small%20trees.

http://www.oldhallplants.co.uk/

[Biscombe]

jennym, what a star! I'm on it now  ;D

[Biscombe]

What a great site, better get the credit card out! hope they ship to Spain  :-\

[emmy1978]

Biscombe, i bought one this morning along with a chocolate peppermint, lemon sage, and oregano. 60p each! Smell is great but don't think you can cook with it. Looks like it would take from cuttings easily like mint if you can snaffle some as you're walking through the Spanish countryside, sniff, you lucky thing!  8)

[manicscousers]

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Wish I could get tarragon to germinate - any tips?

put them in a pot, covered with vermiculite, very lightly, stuck a plastic bag over and left them to it, took a while but we got a few  :)

[Biscombe]

Got loads of Russian tarragon growing, pops up every spring in my herb garden, grows like a weed, not too keen on the taste of Russian, French is supposed to be far better tasting.

[Trixiebelle]

The Curry plant which there is some doubt about is  a bit like a silvery lavender.

If anyone has a good herb book it will be in there I am certain,I just  can't remember the book I saw it in a couple of years ago and I am sure it said it was toxic. XX Jeannine

ERK!!!!!  :-[ I've been eating it ... mind you, I have the constitution of an ox  ::) They told me at the 'specialist' garden centre I bought it from that is was edible  >:(

Thanks for the heads up Jeannine. Will do my research now X

[Trixiebelle]

Now I'm confused! Check out the 'ratings' at the bottom of the page?

http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/54309/

And Tim: I stand corrected on sage  ;D

[cleo]

Got loads of Russian tarragon growing, pops up every spring in my herb garden, grows like a weed, not too keen on the taste of Russian, French is supposed to be far better tasting.

Russian tarragon is nasty-Frencn is superb-buy a plant and divide when it has grown a bit

[Biscombe]

Will do  ;) Going to buy a curry leaf plant some tea and now french tarragon from the site Jennym reccomended  ;D ;D how excited am I!!!!!

[Jeannine]

Trixie, I truly don't know much about the controversy, I jus remember it from a couple of years back. I would be interested to find out actually.
XX Jeannine

[Biscombe]

Biscombe, i bought one this morning along with a chocolate peppermint, lemon sage, and oregano. 60p each! Smell is great but don't think you can cook with it. Looks like it would take from cuttings easily like mint if you can snaffle some as you're walking through the Spanish countryside, sniff, you lucky thing!  8)

Bargin!!! will try and take cuttings when I next head for the hills!!!!!

[Biscombe]

Jeannine, what a huge dog!! tell us more!

[jennym]

Now I'm confused! Check out the 'ratings' at the bottom of the page?
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/54309/
And Tim: I stand corrected on sage  ;D

The one shown on the davesgarden link is commonly called curry plant but it isn't the plant known as curry leaf.
Here's some pics of the edible curry leaf Murraya koenigii
http://toptropicals.com/cgi-bin/garden_catalog/cat.cgi?uid=Murraya_koenigii

[Curryandchips]

Jeannine, what a huge dog!! tell us more!

A bobtail !!! My fave dog in all the world ! I go totally yampy when around bobtails ...

[Jeannine]

My dog...well in the seventies I used to show and breed  them along with a smaller breed too, then I moved to Canada, I took this one with me.His name was Gumdrop. His name tag was made when we were going on a long trip across  the Us and I was scared he would get lost. If I remember rightly it read. My name is Gumdrop and my Mummy will be very sad is I get lost  so would you please contact..then the address details were there.

The picture is twenty years old.

He died quite young for a Bobtail and I never got another one, I still  go all gooey when I see one but have never replaced him. I got a bit teary eyed when I was browsing and found the picture.

He was smashing.

XX Jeannine

[Biscombe]

I'm more of a cat person but he is scrumptious!!