Flere krydderurter -- Even More Herbs

     I den forgangne uge har Uglemor haft travlt i haven (også). Et af bedene var ved at blive invaderet af skvalderkål - dem der giver penge for det i Irma er velkomne til en gang gratis pluk-selv i min have ;) Det var netop i det bed at Uglemors yndlingspebermynte voksede, så den måtte reddes. Hun gravede det op, der var skudt frem - ikke meget, men den gode engelske mynte har altid været sen til at komme; nogle gange så sen, at Uglemor havde afskrevet den - of flyttede til det store krydderurtebed sammen med en sødskærm. Ugleungerne blev sat på slavearbejde med at hente vand.
     Næste dag tog Uglemor den store greb frem. Nu skulle der fjernes rødder! Og hvad fandt hun? Tadaa endnu mer mynte! Det blev prompte flyttet til det lille krydderurtebed, hvor det fik et "lagkagestykke" for sig selv. Ugleungerne blev sat til at hente endnu mere vand ... og de gror og skyder så det er en lyst. Uglemor fjernede også 20 liter "andre rødder" blandet snerle, skvalderkål og kvik.
   I dag skulle Uglemor så på indkøb. Og ... så var der tilbud på krydderurter igen. Med hjem kom endnu en timian, en persille - stor og flot - og en laurbær, for den gamle er vist uigenkaldelig død.

     Den store omgang mynte er lige begyndt at skyde her:


Kna man få for mange krydderurter?


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In the past week MotherOwl has (also) been busy in her garden. One of the raised beds were partly taken over by ground elders. (People are paying real money for this in our local supermarket, They're welcome to pick it for free in my garden ;) ). Unfortunately MotherOwl's favourite peppermint - an old, English variety - was growing in that bed. It was moved. It was very small, but it is a slow starter, sometimes so slow that MotherOwl wrongly counted it among winter's casualties. It was planted in the big herb bed and the Owlets put to work fetching water.

Next day MotherOwl attacked the bed with her showle and found lots of peppermint roots. They got their own wedge shaped part of the small herb bed and the Owlets had to pull even more water.  Here is the result:. Peppermint sprouts.

And then today when MotherOwl had to go shopping, another supermarket had offers on herbs. She bought two (more) thymes, one parsley, and one laurel to supplant one of this winter's casualties.

Can you have too many herbs?