@@smarterthanawafflehonestly Rosemary is so easy to grow and it comes back year after year (zone 8b here) that I just clip the rosemary from anywhere and it doesn't damage the plant. It's one of my favorite plants to grow. Thyme is super easy too.
mint is an extremely aggressive spreader, it will be very hard to get rid of if in the ground. if your yard is full of mint for example, you may need to dig through the grass and de root any and every piece of mint you see. completely replacing the top 12" of soil will also remove the mint roots and clear up your yard.
Spread them around the garden, either put them in their own individual pots, or plant them in ground nearby other plants. I recommend basil and chives with tomatoes, sage and rosemary with peppers, dill nearby both peppers and tomatoes will be great, if you have an idea just do a quick google to get some info on how different plants can interact in the garden
Somehow of all the gardening video I’ve watch yours are my fav. Your instructions are simple and clear. Really helped me grow and maintain my small herb garden.
I am amazed at the tenacity of many of the plants we just overlook. I have rescued a sprouting onion from my compost, that went there as the sliced off root bottom.
I have my basil outside my kitchen door, but past where the light will reach it. So I can't see how to correctly prune it, when grabbing some to top my pizza at night. 😂 Kev's technique works great all summer. I just need to bring a headlamp.
not me actually shedding a tear at the closing montage 😭 i started watching your videos right at the beginning of my fitness journey, i feel like you’ve been with me the whole way. seriously going to miss your videos so so much 🥺
it's probably due to trying to film and trim at the same time, hard to coordinate 😅 from looking at his plants we can see how well cared for they are ❤
Can you talk about how to have rosemary grow into a beautiful bush that lasts for years or decades? My rosemary always dies over the winter, but I see it on properties sometimes as the most gorgeous bush. I would love to have that one day. P.s. I am in south coast British Columbia climate. But I have seen it successfully growing this way. Thanks!
Oh my gosh, I had a rosemary plant that was over ten years old. It was basically a small pine tree! It had been in this regular sized terracotta pot for over 8 years though, and it never looked poorly but I finally got it in my mind that I needed to get it into a different pot because it was surely root bound and needed new soil. Well, I go to try and pick it up- and I come to find that the taproot had grown through the drainage hole at the bottom of the pot and deep into the soil beneath! It was stuck in there real good, and I tried everything I could to pull it out of the ground safely, but it ended up snapping. The rosemary died shortly after despite setting it up in a new much larger pot, and I'll never forgive myself for that :(
it took some trial and error but yea my herb garden is pretty amazing and consistently productive. Even up in Michigan I have herbs probably 9 months out of the year
LOVE my snips! They live in my back pocket and I deadhead just about everything first thing in the morning (around 5:30am) when I’m watering…it’s my favorite “me time”. Keeps the entire garden looking super clean and full.
'mowing' my chives after replanting them (moved house) honestly probably saved them. They were flopping and not recovering till I started harvesting. Now I have sooo much fresh growth!
Not really. It's not like he cut it off. The leaf will still continue to grow, albeit smaller than it would have been. It won't affect the plant much, just accidentally snipping a piece of a leaf.
Garlic chives are so worth it. It took 3 years for them to grow from seeds before I felt ok with cutting it. Best thing to happen to mashed potatoes in a while.
What an absolute legend, finally someone who puts good content in youtube shorts. Thank you, please never stop, i loved every single seconds of your vidéo.
These are such fantastic tips to let me more effectively harvest my herbs, you might even say that because of your advice I now have too much thyme on my hands.
If you break off a piece of basil you can stick it in the ground and get a new plant. By the second day you can see little hairs coming out from the stem, new roots for the new plant. I accidentally discovered that when I was working in my herb garden and accidentally broke off a long stem. I stuck it into the ground, aggravated at myself, forgot about it by the time I’d worked all my other beds. I found it the next day, pulled it up and the leaves weren’t dying on it so I stuck it back into the ground. The next day I checked it and saw the little root growth. My sweet basil that year got to almost four feet high and was huge in girth.
Unless you're like me and over plant. Lol. I get enough out of my herbs as I need with how much I plant. If for some reason I don't plant enough, these tips will truely come in handy. Thank you.
People are always amazed how big my basil and oregano get. I always tell them its because I researched how to harvest them. After all, if they are mass produced, there must be a way to make the plant grow larger than what most people end up with in their gardens. Also, harvesting the right way allows you to harvest more often, leaving you with more herbs than you can cook with
If you don't have any I'd highly recommend some mizuna seeds for your garden, they are great for using the leaves in a salad or stir-fry and have a nice aroma to the oils of the plant. Not to mention that if someone with ADHD like me can keep the plant alive and seeding for the second time since the start of last year then its a forgiving plant
Then there's me. Letting multiple basil plants grow wildly so that I can harvest ALL of the leaves at once to make a 10-batch of spaghetti sauce to freeze until the following summer 😅
I have an infinite basil machine, I clone my cuttings and double my plant count every yield. In the winter i pull in some small plants to keep and by the time spring hits I have over a dozen plants ready to be planted.
He kinda reminds me of my father who always plants and he was so excited that he got he's first harvest but then some kids on our neighborhood started to destroy them and my father never got the motivation to start planting again
This is also what I do with cat grass, don’t let your cats just eat out of the growth, just trim it and put it in a bowl and it’ll continue to grow, eventually the roots do get crazy but if you trim them as you harvest it’ll help that problem as well (I usually use hydroponics so it’s easy to get to the roots)
Rosemary will also reroot quite happily if you strip the woody stem and stick it in a bit of water for a week or so. I have so many rosemary plants… it’s totally bonkers
Mind sharing this as I have problem doing it with the woody cuttings of rosemary.. recently I bought some of these rosemary from the supermarket(meant for cooking) as it was freshly delivered on the day the herb was picked. I bought it on the same day & tried water propagation but failed miserably with it.. please assist me with this .. thank u in advance.
With garlic chives, you can cut right the point which is 1cm from the surface of the soil, the new one may appear faster than cutting a long distance like you did in this video.
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Could you show us more of these?! How to trim different herbs and plants!
Most plants are very similar. This little advice is most of what you need to know. The thing is to encourage growth.
Rosemary please
Same as thyme!@@smarterthanawaffle
Yea agree like rosemary, oregano
@@smarterthanawafflehonestly Rosemary is so easy to grow and it comes back year after year (zone 8b here) that I just clip the rosemary from anywhere and it doesn't damage the plant. It's one of my favorite plants to grow. Thyme is super easy too.
Please show me the wrong way to harvest my mint. They are overtaking my home. 😂
So funny, i totally agree
mint is an extremely aggressive spreader, it will be very hard to get rid of if in the ground. if your yard is full of mint for example, you may need to dig through the grass and de root any and every piece of mint you see. completely replacing the top 12" of soil will also remove the mint roots and clear up your yard.
It's a container plant for a reason..ours died out after being neglected for a long time. Never again😂
We let weeds grow in our garden and now they battle the mint. Good luck 😅
Who needs grass when there is mint
My herbs are going wild and growing into each other. Thank you for the tips.
Spread them around the garden, either put them in their own individual pots, or plant them in ground nearby other plants. I recommend basil and chives with tomatoes, sage and rosemary with peppers, dill nearby both peppers and tomatoes will be great, if you have an idea just do a quick google to get some info on how different plants can interact in the garden
I love them growing wild on my lawn like useless weeds lol. It's like I'm harvesting from the wild 😅
if i were to summarize his already short video. look at the growth pattern of the plant.
Somehow of all the gardening video I’ve watch yours are my fav. Your instructions are simple and clear. Really helped me grow and maintain my small herb garden.
I am amazed at the tenacity of many of the plants we just overlook. I have rescued a sprouting onion from my compost, that went there as the sliced off root bottom.
Honestly, so helpful, I used to just pick off basil leaves because I didn't know you're supposed to cut certain spots...
I have my basil outside my kitchen door, but past where the light will reach it. So I can't see how to correctly prune it, when grabbing some to top my pizza at night. 😂 Kev's technique works great all summer. I just need to bring a headlamp.
Time grows??? Kidding aside, I'm learning a lot already just by watching your shorts. Awesome work, buddy!
Chives is one of my favorite words. Along with cabbage.
This came to me at just the right time,I planted some garlic chives and was wondering how to harvest, thanks for the informative video Kevin
That thyme tip is TOP TIER!!
It's gonna save me a lot of thyme.
not me actually shedding a tear at the closing montage 😭 i started watching your videos right at the beginning of my fitness journey, i feel like you’ve been with me the whole way. seriously going to miss your videos so so much 🥺
My mom will appreciate the basil tip. Thanks!
We definitely need more of these knowledge!
Keep up the good work my man
This is what I always wanted to know but never thought to question. Please do more videos like this on other herbs. Thanks 🙏
You are truly my garden Hero! Thank you soooo much for sharing your knowledge with us!!
The fact that he accidentally snips off the tip of the basil leaf thats supposed to grow, drives me so crazy
I thought I was being unreasonably mad when I saw it, glad Im not alone😅
I'm so careful with my plants, but I don't have as many as him either.
That was such a small snip, it won't bother the plant, especially that basil is so full of leaves and looks so healthy
it's probably due to trying to film and trim at the same time, hard to coordinate 😅 from looking at his plants we can see how well cared for they are ❤
@@user-ob8vx7mx1s Yeah of course it doesnt matter, its just basil, its just some of those things that irrationally annoys me😅
You absolutely have your Dad’s smile! How wonderful!
Can you talk about how to have rosemary grow into a beautiful bush that lasts for years or decades? My rosemary always dies over the winter, but I see it on properties sometimes as the most gorgeous bush. I would love to have that one day.
P.s. I am in south coast British Columbia climate. But I have seen it successfully growing this way. Thanks!
Oh my gosh, I had a rosemary plant that was over ten years old. It was basically a small pine tree! It had been in this regular sized terracotta pot for over 8 years though, and it never looked poorly but I finally got it in my mind that I needed to get it into a different pot because it was surely root bound and needed new soil. Well, I go to try and pick it up- and I come to find that the taproot had grown through the drainage hole at the bottom of the pot and deep into the soil beneath! It was stuck in there real good, and I tried everything I could to pull it out of the ground safely, but it ended up snapping. The rosemary died shortly after despite setting it up in a new much larger pot, and I'll never forgive myself for that :(
Fantastic video. I would watch harvesting tips all the time because I learn such valuable tidbits every time.
This just helped me soo much I planted herbs for the first time this year and I'm so excited I have a ton of baby basil right now they're so cute ❤
it took some trial and error but yea my herb garden is pretty amazing and consistently productive. Even up in Michigan I have herbs probably 9 months out of the year
I really appreciate this! I love taking care of my herbs, and these are nice tips.
That poor leaf getting caught in the crossfire snip 😢
👍 Wonderful video! Extremely beautiful plants seen in pot garden.
WOW, just found your site today & glad I did, thanks for the tips. I didn't know & the only one I did correctly was chives 😁
Thanks for the thyme tip! I don't use it very much, but it's now a beautiful bush under one of my roses so it's nice to know how to pick it properly.
😮 that thyme in particular is looking really healthy.
So helpful! And I have more mint and sage that I know what to do with😂
My wife wants to become more self sufficient and these videos help so much!
LOVE my snips! They live in my back pocket and I deadhead just about everything first thing in the morning (around 5:30am) when I’m watering…it’s my favorite “me time”. Keeps the entire garden looking super clean and full.
'mowing' my chives after replanting them (moved house) honestly probably saved them. They were flopping and not recovering till I started harvesting. Now I have sooo much fresh growth!
Such helpful tips. I always learn something from you. 🌱✨🤙🏼
Love those clippers btw. Worth the buy
Tell me no one else cringed at that cut leaf tip...
Not really. It's not like he cut it off. The leaf will still continue to grow, albeit smaller than it would have been. It won't affect the plant much, just accidentally snipping a piece of a leaf.
It's a plant. Outside stressors like that will casually strengthen it in the long run.
Thank you very much. Many people don't know how to keep it fresh ,dry them or freeze them.
This is amazing that you for sharing you knowledge about this !
So that's the secret NPC knowledge in my games that doubles my herb collection rate
Garlic chives are so worth it. It took 3 years for them to grow from seeds before I felt ok with cutting it. Best thing to happen to mashed potatoes in a while.
Awesome info! Thank you very much for sharing.
that's what i call harvest to prune 😊🌱 works every time
What an absolute legend, finally someone who puts good content in youtube shorts.
Thank you, please never stop, i loved every single seconds of your vidéo.
Useful tips, thank you
This was so informative, and inspiring me to make room for a herb garden at my home. Thank you so much!
Always take your time with thyme 👌🏽
Thanks Eric
ty this came just in time. I just purchased a basil plant 🌿
I love your video please make more like this one thank you 🙏
Great! Thank you for sharing😊🎉
I LOVE YOUUUU 💕💕❤️❤️❤️ THANK YOU FOR TEACHING USSS
A tip for cilantro: pick the top of the stem right off, to delay it going to seed and stopping leaf production!
THANK YOU GOD FOR PERFECT PLANTS❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌸💐
Great tips to know! Thanks 🌿😊
These are such fantastic tips to let me more effectively harvest my herbs, you might even say that because of your advice I now have too much thyme on my hands.
If you break off a piece of basil you can stick it in the ground and get a new plant. By the second day you can see little hairs coming out from the stem, new roots for the new plant. I accidentally discovered that when I was working in my herb garden and accidentally broke off a long stem. I stuck it into the ground, aggravated at myself, forgot about it by the time I’d worked all my other beds. I found it the next day, pulled it up and the leaves weren’t dying on it so I stuck it back into the ground. The next day I checked it and saw the little root growth. My sweet basil that year got to almost four feet high and was huge in girth.
Much appreciated can't wait to put in action. Blessings to you
I needed this video. Thanks.
Would love more videos like this too!!😊
Would love if you continued this with other common herbs like rosemary, oregano, and parsley
I dont do gardening but I do love having a lot of information I dont use on hand.
Thanks much for the information!
Great information. Thanks!
We like this 😊
More of these please 🙏
I see the Felco scissors, they're the best scissors I've found for work and home!
Thanks for showing us❤
Thanks for the tips
Such good tips, Kevin. I've been doing it wrong all this time!
Pro tip from an Australian, herb has the letter 'h' in it for a reason.
"erb" drives me up the fucking wall!
Saving time with thyme 🤠
Unless you're like me and over plant. Lol. I get enough out of my herbs as I need with how much I plant. If for some reason I don't plant enough, these tips will truely come in handy. Thank you.
Thank you for making it easy
Eric is the best! 🎉❤😂
The KneeSeat guy that was in Jordan's video. Never thought I'd randomly get here swiping through yt shorts!
People are always amazed how big my basil and oregano get. I always tell them its because I researched how to harvest them. After all, if they are mass produced, there must be a way to make the plant grow larger than what most people end up with in their gardens. Also, harvesting the right way allows you to harvest more often, leaving you with more herbs than you can cook with
Thank you!!! ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊
I built a hydroponics system that is automated and right now it has basil and other herbs in the system so thank you for these tips👍
If you don't have any I'd highly recommend some mizuna seeds for your garden, they are great for using the leaves in a salad or stir-fry and have a nice aroma to the oils of the plant. Not to mention that if someone with ADHD like me can keep the plant alive and seeding for the second time since the start of last year then its a forgiving plant
Then there's me. Letting multiple basil plants grow wildly so that I can harvest ALL of the leaves at once to make a 10-batch of spaghetti sauce to freeze until the following summer 😅
Missed chance to say "as thyme goes on" 😅
I have an infinite basil machine, I clone my cuttings and double my plant count every yield. In the winter i pull in some small plants to keep and by the time spring hits I have over a dozen plants ready to be planted.
That’s good now I can get more really good “herbs”
Oh I DEFINITELY know how to harvest my herb. 😂
He kinda reminds me of my father who always plants and he was so excited that he got he's first harvest but then some kids on our neighborhood started to destroy them and my father never got the motivation to start planting again
This is also what I do with cat grass, don’t let your cats just eat out of the growth, just trim it and put it in a bowl and it’ll continue to grow, eventually the roots do get crazy but if you trim them as you harvest it’ll help that problem as well (I usually use hydroponics so it’s easy to get to the roots)
Fantastic info!
Rosemary will also reroot quite happily if you strip the woody stem and stick it in a bit of water for a week or so. I have so many rosemary plants… it’s totally bonkers
Mind sharing this as I have problem doing it with the woody cuttings of rosemary.. recently I bought some of these rosemary from the supermarket(meant for cooking) as it was freshly delivered on the day the herb was picked. I bought it on the same day & tried water propagation but failed miserably with it.. please assist me with this .. thank u in advance.
Do you have a book? I want one! Write a book!!!
My Rosemary has gone crazy, and a bit woody. Have you any suggestions please?
Love your water-wise garden.
Love this❤
This is why i am subscribed to you
Thank you.
I mostly do a combination of both, my youngest basil therefore has two layers both getting brigt sunlight
Did not know the thing about thyme! I have a bush that just keeps growing but is "balding" in the center, I'll give this a try!
❤️fresh herbs to cook with 🤗
didn't expect to see a guy circumcizing thyme today
Fun fact: Basil is good for cats and dogs. It has anti-inflammatory properties. Just 1 to 2 leaves a day is enough
"Most people don't harvest their herbs the right way."
Me: See this is why I stick to edibles. 😂
With garlic chives, you can cut right the point which is 1cm from the surface of the soil, the new one may appear faster than cutting a long distance like you did in this video.
Wasn't looking at the screen & thought this was a Stardew Valley tutorial
'Tips"❤😂
Thank you. ❤