sage and parsley in containers on the deck
The weather here is just beginning to warm up. It's been an unusually cold Spring. It's hit the local nurseries hard. I went into The Barn a local place we like to purchase plants, and they had frost damage on some of the hydrangeas, due to the unexpected snow in April! It also seems that people weren't so ready to plant a vegetable garden this year.
Better late than never, I say. We've got rhubarb in the ground for the first time! I love that vegetable. I plan to use it for pies. Yum. We have a lot of potatoes, onions, carrots, radishes, lettuce, zucchini, and I know there's more I'm forgetting.
Cooking with fresh herbs is incredibly rewarding. The payoff you recieve in a simple dish like Rosemary Chicken, by using fresh rosemary (and fresh rosemary you've grown yourself is even better) is huge. Fresh basil in a Salad Caprese, crisp sage with a butternut squash ravioli, oh yeah! These are things the warm weather brings. Along with home grown tomatoes. Mmmmm
In the ground we have sage, dill, oregano, mint (2 varieties) lemon verbena, parsley (2 types) rosemary, thyme and more.
radishes
chives, lots of chives, and garlic
