Our garden this year is filled with herbs of all kinds: some that love sun, some that like shade, some that creep, and one that can get over six feet high! I am still learning of the culinary and medicinal benefits of each of them. Here is a sampling of what is growing and how we are using it:
Lemon Balm: makes a lovely addition to chamomile in a tea; I have been adding it to
salads with a lemon vinaigrette
Oregano: used it tonight to make this
Lemon Verbana: going to make an oil using this one
Lavender: drying the flowers for tea and sachets at the moment
Dill: feeding it to our caterpillars and holding onto it until our cucumbers come in
What herbs are growing in your garden this year and how are you using them?
2 comments:
I would love to grow lavender sometime. I have many of the same herbs growing this year--I dried oregano a few weeks ago, holding onto my dill for cukes, too, and my lemon balm is finally starting to take off. I'm also growing borage which I hope to use for tea. I'm also growing catnip and anise blue hyssop (have to figure out/remember why I planted them!)
Fun to read about your herbs. I would love to try some new ones and need to add these to my list in my garden journal. Lavender... love it!
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