Thyme

Thyme for Tea! I love my herb garden – originally a square plot of ground in the vegetable patch, and now moved to pots and tubs in a sunny corner of the garden to make space for courgettes and lettuce – it gives me great pleasure watching the bees go daft for the scented rosemary and thyme flowers, and it makes the taste of my culinary delights so much better! My herb collection at the moment consists of about 3 small potted rosemary plants which ...
...full of flat leaved thyme. Thyme is one of my favourite herbs to cook with, and also to smell – if makes me think of sunny Sundays and when I see it in bloom, with bees hovering round the lilac coloured flowers, it makes me feel like I’m doing something really positive for the local bee population – they just love it! Thyme comes in many different variations, from the low growing, tiny leaved varieties which fill cracks in paving stones beautifully, ...

phoenixgreen 13.06.2007 · Read full review
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Thyme is another great addition to the herb garden. Thymus vulgaris can in fact be grown just about anywhere that is not waterlogged ,and has full sun. Light , well drained soil is best though , slighly on the alkaline side . Thyme is a perennial and there are an absolute multitude of types and varieties to choose from. Here a few of my personal favourites. T - citriodorous " Archers Gold " has lovely pale green leaves which are attractive in ...
...like insects in your garden Thyme will be a great friend in helping you achieve this . They are great for attracting bees and butterflies too. In the kitchen thyme can be used in a number of different ways . Common thyme is best for stuffings , sauces and soups . But lemon thyme which smells great anyway can be used if you want a more fruitier , zestier kinda flavour. Thyme is popular for mediterranean dishes as well. It can be collected fresh ...

Gardenex 19.05.2001 · Read full review
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Thyme used to be grown in monastery gardens in the south of France, Spain and Italy around the Middle ages for the use as a digestive aid, cough remedy and a treatment for intestinal parasites (no, not Alien3!). But poor old thyme, it’s sometimes seen as the ugly duckling of the herb world. It doesn’t have the extravagant display of blossoms that sage does, nor does it have a distinctive taste like tarragon. But it IS an invaluable element ...
...parsley, leaves of bay and thyme for those who didn’t). It can be added to give depth to soups, sauces and my favourite – stews. There are over 100 varieties of thyme, but three are used more often in the kitchen. Lemon thyme is an upright shrub that can grow to a foot in height, the leaves are tiny and heart shaped ringed with a little yellow and has a bit of a citrus tang. Caraway thyme is a low growing variety which forms a dense, ...

loulou6 26.05.2001 · Read full review
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Thyme is, in my opinion, one of the most useful of herbs and a very versatile garden plant as well. I would argue in fact that this herb is, if not itself the king of herbs, certainly a member of the royal family. Common thyme, thymus vulgaris, is a perennial herb with a woody stem which grows quickly into a small shrub about 45cm. While there is nothing wrong at all with the common thyme there are over 300 other species many of which are more decorative. ...
...that Mediterranean herbs so love thyme will grow quickly and spread easily. They are also very easy to propagate. So unless you want an instant garden buying the smallest plants will be the most economical choice. Most garden centres stock common thyme but it is worth seeking out other varieties or finding your nearest specialist garden centre to see what other varieties are available. My personal favourites include T. vulgaris ‘Silver Posy’ ...

Freespirit 04.02.2001 · Read full review
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Thyme is one of the best known herbs there is, but not only is it a pretty flowering herb to have in your garden, it is also good for lots of ailments. Thyme is a perrenial plant which means it grows all the year round and doubles in size every year. There are lots of different types of thyme you can grow and buy from the health shops. I prefer to grow my own then I can nip outside and cut a bit off the plant for medicine or cooking with. There ...
...When you rub a thyme plant you can instantly smell the strong aroma of the plant, it's a sort of earthy antisceptic smell. This makes it great for cooking with as it adds flavour to lots of dishes. It can be used for Stews, Casseroles Soups and Scattered over roasted vegetables. My favorite recipe is Creole Jambalaya 30g (1oz) butter or marg 1 large chicken breast, cubed. 200g (7oz) shopped ham 1 onion chopped 2 sticks of celery sliced small ...

Sunnysmiles 03.01.2007 · Read full review
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thyme is a herb that is used quite often in cooking of different meals, usually to add extra taste to something or to marinate meat before or during cooking. thyme will grow pritty much anywhere so is a realy easy plant to grow, it is found in the wild usually growing in dry grass lands, heaths and dunes, Thyme produces a beautiful pink flower from april to september so will look good aswell, it is a ground hugging plant which when crushed releases ...
...there nutrients, water and sunlight. If you dont have a very big garden you can also plant thyme in container tubs, it makes a great flowering plant during the summer and looks beautiful in your garden. The flowers are small but in little clusters all over the plant. ...

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