garden, and gathering

[redbird]

I just gathered, washed, and ate a little bit of wild sorrel from around a maple tree behind the house. One small advantage of the current conditions is that cattitude and I are spending enough time in that otherwise uninteresting bit of parking area to have noticed the sorrel, and be reasonably sure there are no dogs around. I washed it anyway, of course--there are rabbits and squirrels and maybe a feral cat and lots of birds--but in the same way I would any leafy/salad vegetable.

I went outside to check on and watering the cucumber plants, particularly the one whose container I moved to a spot near the maple tree a few hours ago.

Also, I looked up when to harvest thyme and everything says "just before it flowers," which is less than helpful. One site told me that thyme usually flowers in the spring, and sure enough, ours is about to flower. This means it's time to think about uses for fresh thyme, other than harvesting and drying it.

Comments

[adrian_turtle]

Oh, sorry! When you add the herb early in cooking, fresh is only a little better than very good dried. When you add it at the end, fresh is significantly better. With either the carrot soup or the baked chicken, you can layer them...some at the beginning of cooking and some right before serving.