Thyme - Fresh Cut — photo: Evan-Amos, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Thyme - Fresh Cut — photo: Evan-Amos, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Culinary Herbs

Thyme - Fresh Cut

Edible
$6.00
$6.00
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Thyme is quiet and floral and slightly earthy - the herb you notice only when it is missing.
Size: 2 oz Clamshell
Quantity
Thyme - Fresh Cut — photo: Evan-Amos, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Culinary Herbs

Thyme - Fresh Cut

$6.00
Thyme - Fresh Cut — photo: Evan-Amos, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Culinary Herbs

Thyme - Fresh Cut

$6.00
Size: 2 oz Clamshell
Description

Refrigerate in a loose bag for up to two weeks. Run a thumb and forefinger down the stem to strip the leaves, or add whole sprigs early in a braise and fish them out. One of the few soft herbs that wants long cooking.

Specifications
  • Grown in: Lineville, Alabama (no pesticides)
  • Freshness: Harvested at peak and sold fresh
  • Availability: Seasonal - local Alabama delivery & pickup
  • Storage: Loose bag in the crisper - up to 2 weeks
Care Instructions
  • Light: Grown in full sun on open ground
  • Water: Grown sparingly, watered deeply and then left alone
  • Soil: Grown in gritty, lean, sharply drained soil - thyme is a Mediterranean hillside plant and the poorer the ground, the stronger the leaf.
  • Feeding: Minimal. Thyme fed and watered generously makes a lot of pale growth that tastes of almost nothing.
Growing Zone

No hardiness zone on this one — it's harvested and sold to eat, not to plant. If you're after the plant itself rather than the crop, check our starters and herb plants.

Questions & Answers

How do I strip the leaves?
Run your fingers down the sprig against the grain and the tiny leaves come away. For a braise or a stock there is no need to strip at all - drop the sprigs in whole and pull the bare stems out at the end.

Can it take long cooking?
It is built for it. Thyme is one of the few herbs that holds its character through hours in a braise, a stock, or a slow roast, where a soft herb would disappear in minutes.

How much fresh replaces dried?
About three times the volume. Thyme dries better than most, so the gap is smaller than it is with basil or cilantro.

Is lemon thyme the same thing?
No - it is a different species with a distinct citrus note on top of the thyme. This is common thyme, the standard savoury one for stocks, braises, and roasts.

Shipping & Returns

Alabama only. This one is picked fresh and never leaves the state.

Where it goes

Local delivery and farm pickup within Alabama. We don't ship produce, microgreens, cut herbs or edible flowers out of state — they're picked at peak and wouldn't survive the trip.

What it costs

$9.95 local delivery, free over $75.

Pickup

Free at the farm in Lineville, or find us at the Clay County and Acworth farmers markets.

When

Cut to order. We'll reach out to set a delivery or pickup time, usually within a day or two of your order.

Refrigerate on arrival. Fresh items are best within a few days.

Why we only ship Mondays and Tuesdays

A plant in a dark box is on a clock. Shipping early in the week means it reaches you before the weekend instead of sitting in a warehouse from Friday to Monday. It costs us a day or two of lead time and saves a lot of plants.

Practically: an order placed Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or over the weekend goes out the following Monday. We'd rather tell you that now than let you find it in a tracking number.

How long it takes once it leaves

Typical ground transit from Lineville, Alabama after the ship day. Estimates, not guarantees — weather and carrier backlogs happen.

  • 1–2 days Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky
  • 2–3 days The rest of the Southeast and Midwest, Texas, the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast
  • 3–5 days The Plains, the Mountain West and the West Coast

Tracking is emailed the moment your box is scanned.

If something arrives unhappy

A little leaf drop or travel stress is normal and usually sorts itself out within a week or two of settling in. If a plant arrives genuinely damaged, email support@wadegreens.com within 48 hours of delivery with a photo of the plant and the box, and we'll make it right.

Plant Traits

The facts that decide whether it takes root, in the order that matters.

Sunlight

Full Sun (6+ hrs)

Six or more hours of direct sun. With less it stretches toward the light and flowering thins out.

Water

Low

Water to establish, then only through a real dry spell. Too much water kills these faster than too little.

Mature Size

Under 1 ft

Where it settles once established. Plan the spacing for this, not for the size it arrives at.

Foliage

Herbaceous

Soft-stemmed. It dies back to the ground and returns from the roots — the top going brown is the plan, not a failure.

Works As

Edible Garden · Cut Flowers · Containers & Patio

Traits

  • EdibleSome part of it is grown to be eaten. We grow without pesticides, so it needs nothing more than a rinse.
  • FragrantVolatile oils released by warmth. Scent peaks in afternoon heat or at dusk depending on which pollinator the flower is built for.
  • Deer ResistantDeer feed by scent first. Aromatic oils, fuzzy leaves and milky sap all read as "not food," so this gets browsed last — though a hungry herd in late winter will test anything.
  • Drought TolerantDeep or fleshy roots and less leaf surface let it ride out a dry spell once established. Established means a full season in the ground — year one it still needs water.
  • Pet SafeNo compound known to be toxic to cats or dogs. Any plant eaten in volume can upset a stomach — this means no known toxin, not a licence to graze.
  • Good for ContainersCompact, fibrous roots that tolerate a confined pot. Container soil dries several times faster than a bed, so check it more often than you think you need to.

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