Monday, November 30, 2009

Mild November

"In gardening, all things useful are beautiful." --Tovah Martin

November has been mild. I have been pretty relaxed about moving plants in because we haven't had to worry about frost yet. That said, I moved the banana into the garage and brought in my two peppers that I managed to save. They look pretty bad but a little tlc and water should help them last over the winter in the basement. We got a dehydrator from my parents and had great success drying peppers so I decided to cut and dry all the herbs in my herb bed.
I dried marjoram, oregano, chives, basil and parsley. I didn't have near enough oregano and I must say that was my favorite. I had a bumper crop of parsley and my beautiful and useful daughter Annie cut a second crop of parsley for me this weekend and we dried it overnight.

2 comments:

Ellen Sanker said...

Yes, my grandaughter, Annie is beautiful, useful and talented. She played the xylophone wonderfully in the Christmas Concert at school.

I should have brought my basil plant in from outside. I think it is too cold for it now. The fresh basil was wonderful in the summer.

Love,
Mom

ROSE said...

HI mr. sanker it's me...R-C-V