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 when do you plant the seeds & do the plants overwinter.

If the drainage is good the plants will over-Winter. We always sow new plants in March.  :)

Sow in late feb with heat or late march iin some cover.... plant down the sides of all the paths so that when they get walked on the world smells nice....

We did that years ago... but found that our little boys kept getting stung on the soles of his feet! Might go back to it now he is 18 and unlikely to run around in bare feet!  ;D

Sow in spring, as thinly as you can, 'cause you'll get 1000s of plants.
Overwinters really well.

Any recommendations of variety? We've had a low mound type for years which tends to get muddy but I'd like something taller and cleaner to pick.

Not sure about varieties but some fine grit placed around the stems but under the leaves helps keep the mud off...  :-\

Yes, ourthyme has some stone and grit under it, but still it drags down in the dirt and has such tiny leaves! Maybe all varieties are tiny-leaved. I was hoping it might be like basil that has many varieties.

There is a broad leaved variety... I saw it on the "Great British Food Revival" programme...  :-\

http://www.mountainvalleygrowers.com/Thyme.htm

OK, this site has 26 varieties of thyme, some of them a foot tall, although the leaves look small to me. Makes me think of doing a regular herb bed instead of poking them in the garden here and there.

Isn't the fragrance of thyme clean and bright?  Love it.

Have they got the lovely lemonny one?
:-X
http://www.jekkasherbfarm.com/
might be able to help...  :-\

They have it in pots... but it's out of stock

Thymus pulegioides Broad Leaved Thyme 

I buy the living herbs from the supermarket, after all they are only seedlings and you can get more than enough for a large family. I have a tubful of plants and they have not suffered from the frost that we have experienced this last few weeks, only 79p for a pot full. Split them and cut them down by 1/3 and within a week they become quite bushy. Cost nearly nothing. I do the same with all the living herbs that I buy and you can bring them on inside on a windowsill if the weather is really bad during the winter.

Quote from: saddad on November 20, 2011, 22:16:00
Have they got the lovely lemonny one?
:-X
http://www.jekkasherbfarm.com/
might be able to help...  :-\

They have it in pots... but it's out of stock

Thymus pulegioides Broad Leaved Thyme 

thank you for the name of it, Sadad. I'll try to find it locally.

No problem.... good hunting...  :)

Saddad, I've got spare lemon thyme plants if you'd like one or two. I can't be too far away from you; in Long Eaton.

Lovely offer thanks Pescador... but we have it too...  :)

I use thyme essential oil along with tee tree as an immune stimulant when bugs are about. I also put thyme in the wash with bedding. It smells so lovely when you you get into bed ;D.