Spring Salad Herbs

Spring SaladThe site of spring herbs popping from the ground in spring was a welcome site to people in the pre supermarket era who had little nutritive foods for months over the late winter. These spring herbs or bitters are packed with nutrition and can be enjoyed in...

What’s Coming up this March?

 Hyssop is coming up nicely. I’ll use some for respiratory health and some gets sold to make absinth. Crocuses are a true sign of spring. I need to plant more of them. Mullein is coming up; too much, it needs pulling.Salad Burnett always reseeds...

Salad Burnett (Sanguisorba minor)

Cucumber flavored herb. Add leaves to salads and drinks. If you have it, be sure to eat it now as it gets bitter as the summer progresses. I’ll have to give it a try in soap and see how it behaves.