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May. 15th, 2008 02:32 pmI'm trying to figure out what to do with the wild garlic growing in our yard. It's edible, but I can find more about how to eradicate it as an undesirable weed than I can about how to cook with it. The impression I have about cooking with it is that it's used rather like chives. Anybody out there know more?
I've got lots if anybody wants it. I figure that I'd rather pull it and eat it than pull it and throw it away. (Also, from what I'm reading and from what I've seen over the years, it spreads like crazy.) I think I've also got wild onion. I wonder if the two plants maintain any flavor when dried. I could add them to my jars of spices.
I have more sage than I know what to do with. Three of the plants are so big that they're overshadowing the two surviving small plants. I want to prune the big ones back, but I don't need any more sage. Anybody local want any? I've got more than I need.
I've also got winter savory going begging and can provide a little bit of rue. The dill isn't doing well (I've let it self-seed the last couple of years, and it's slow to grow and so ends up stunted), but I may have some later in the year. I've got several different types of mint, but they may well have interbred and so not be so tasty. I've also got catnip that looks good now but won't later in the summer after the feral cats have rolled in it a lot.
I think I made the right call in putting violets and ajuga in the back of the big raised bed. They're right where I have trouble reaching to weed and are aggressive enough to kill off the weeds I can't get at. So far, the winter savory is having no trouble holding those two back. Hopefully that will continue. I suppose, though, that there are worse things to end up with than a bed of violets and ajuga. I don't *want* that, but I could do a lot worse.
I've got lots if anybody wants it. I figure that I'd rather pull it and eat it than pull it and throw it away. (Also, from what I'm reading and from what I've seen over the years, it spreads like crazy.) I think I've also got wild onion. I wonder if the two plants maintain any flavor when dried. I could add them to my jars of spices.
I have more sage than I know what to do with. Three of the plants are so big that they're overshadowing the two surviving small plants. I want to prune the big ones back, but I don't need any more sage. Anybody local want any? I've got more than I need.
I've also got winter savory going begging and can provide a little bit of rue. The dill isn't doing well (I've let it self-seed the last couple of years, and it's slow to grow and so ends up stunted), but I may have some later in the year. I've got several different types of mint, but they may well have interbred and so not be so tasty. I've also got catnip that looks good now but won't later in the summer after the feral cats have rolled in it a lot.
I think I made the right call in putting violets and ajuga in the back of the big raised bed. They're right where I have trouble reaching to weed and are aggressive enough to kill off the weeds I can't get at. So far, the winter savory is having no trouble holding those two back. Hopefully that will continue. I suppose, though, that there are worse things to end up with than a bed of violets and ajuga. I don't *want* that, but I could do a lot worse.
