Thyme is the herb that gets the most use in my kitchen, so much so that I have five English thyme plants in my herb garden! I also grow lemon thyme, which I think would be just perfect in this dish as it would add even more delicious lemon flavor to the sweetness of the roasted s...
The main things I wanted there were pictures and details about the new plants that I was adding to the garden so I could get used to their look and habit through the winter as I drew up my plans; I also added some seed packets that I was planning to use that I was somewhat unfamili...
One of the reasons he is so good at this — his grandmother was a gardener who loved the same style and many of the same plants as me — Our garden reminds him of the special times he had walking in his grandmothers garden, hearing her talk about the plants she loved and helping her...
the dead thyme made me cross over from stealth mode. i kill plants too. i got a bunch of herbs (rosemary, lavender, chocolate mint, sweet basil, and thai basil) from an officemate a year ago. to date, only the thai basil has survived, and only because it’s pretty easy to make ...
Thyme belongs to the genus Thymus, which contains about 350species of aromatic perennial herbaceous plants and subshrubs. Among them:Thymus citriodorus:various lemon thymes, orange thymes, lime thyme;Thymus herba-barona(caraway thyme), used both as a culinary herb and a ground cover, and has ...
Many of these plant meanings have been carried on in the names of the plants. Some of the more common ones that gardeners know are forget-me-not (Myosotis) which means, “Do not forget me!” or true love; love-in-a-mist (Nigella) which means perplexity or “I‘ll see you in my ...
picking these tomatoes. It was at the CSA. I was hot as hell, sweating like a madman, face burning to a crisp. But there was something so hopeful about the rows and rows of tomato plants laden with heavy pale green-just-turning-rosy tomatoes. And then I heard some high-pitched peep-...
More than anything, it helps to remember just how tied together the brain, the tummy, the heart, and the body are, and eating plants and whole foods is the best thing you can do for all of you! I have so much more to say about all that these authors have taught me, but for now...
Another sage is used for an entirely different ‘medicinal’ purpose. When I was at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew some years ago, they had an exhibit devoted to hallucinogenic plants, including ayahuasca (Banisteriopsis caapi). One of the plants wasSalvia divinorum, otherwise known by a ...
Near daily harvests. Even friends come over and help you harvest! Cavolo nero! Well, my plants are a little on the small side but they taste good. Then of course there was all the cooking with the vegetables. Most of it went into every day cooking and eating. There was a brief stint...