Wild Thyme (Thymus praecox) is in the Lamiaceae family (mint family).
How to start your own garden to save money on groceries?
You can plant some herbs and spices hardy to your zone so that overtime you don’t purchase spices and herbs from the grocery store. The money you saved can be spent on grocery staples you don’t grow. Even if price is up at the grocery store, your grocery budget might remain the same, as you supplement your grocery purchases with food you grow in your garden.
One perennial herb you can grow in your garden to replace spices and herbs on your grocery list is wild thyme (Thymus praecox).
It is hardy in our zone 5a. It is known to be hardy to zone 4-8 according to the nursery (Richters Nursery) I purchased it from in 2016.
Can you eat wild thyme?
Wild thyme is a perennial herb you can use to spice your cooking.
You can eat it raw by adding it to salad dressing.
You can eat it cooked when used to season sauces or rubbed on meat to bake.
You can make herb butter to add to food or meat before serving.
Does wild thyme spread?
Wild thyme is a ground cover. It grows close to the ground and crawls on the ground. They spread by rooting.
Wild thyme is in the same family as regular thyme. Both are perennial to our zone 5A. The regular thyme disappeared after a few years in our garden. The wild thyme comes back year after year.
How to propagate wild thyme?
Wild thyme is easy to propagate. You cut a branch or stem and dip in moist soil. You make sure a good part of the branch is in the moist soil for the root to grow along the branch. It roots quickly.
Conclusion: Growing wild thyme How to grow your own food to save money?
If you want to grow a sustainable food garden where you purchase seeds once to plant and just propagate from your existing plants to increase your production to overtime stop buying some produce from the grocery store, wild thyme is one herb to grow in your garden if it is hardy to your zone.
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