Herb question
Oct. 10th, 2004 03:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mrissaSo I went out to harvest the herbs before it gets frosty enough to kill them all. Ohhhhh goodness. If it had been the basil, we'd be in business: tons of fresh basil means tons of fresh pesto. But the basil seems to have died off on its own, along with the cilantro, which I also could have used. Instead it's oregano and sage and chives.
Help! What does one do with a metric ton of oregano? sage? chives? And is there any point to fresh lavender, or should I go with the "it smelled pretty and now it's dead; such is the way of the world" attitude?
And a word to the wise: sage goes nuts in Minnesota, apparently. Now you know.
Help! What does one do with a metric ton of oregano? sage? chives? And is there any point to fresh lavender, or should I go with the "it smelled pretty and now it's dead; such is the way of the world" attitude?
And a word to the wise: sage goes nuts in Minnesota, apparently. Now you know.
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Date: 2004-10-14 06:56 am (UTC)Lavenders main point is to be dried out and used as sachets or bath salts. Bath salts a glamorous and easy. Get those little filmy bags that they use for wedding favors and fill them with rock salt and some dry lavender. Tie them tightly. The whole thing gets chucked into a bath and it's heavenly.