Food Preservation

Lemon Balm

Another infographic… and now the sun is shining and I am off to harvest the first crop of lemon balm to dry for making tea. Save Save

I’ve enjoyed making this and the lavender infographics today. Next up will be lemon balm and fennel – all easy to grow, useful herbs.

Lavender, an incredibly important herb, and pretty and easy to propagate too.

A flavoursome risotto, spiced with the saffron threads I diligently collected in the autumn.

Remembering Susun Weed’s words on pine sap, I think I might create her pine needle vinegar.

In a week that has seen gale force winds, snow, hail and a return to work – what can I have possibly eaten from my garden? You’d be surprised.