Grow Herbs!

People blog about something that they're passionate about so I chose food! I love to grow (veggies & herbs), cook, and feed people who like good food. Cooking should be a social event for the whole family, not something you dread to do at the end of the day. So hopefully my blog will help you look forward to your next meal.

Cooking is all about knowing what goes good together...veggies, meat, herbs, spices. I will share shopping tips, cooking ideas and recipies. So put on your apron and pour a glass of wine...let's cook!

Oh, here's one way Tom and I like to spend our time...

We're almost finished planting this year's garden (this picture is from last year). So ya'll come...we'll share but you have to do your own picking. Our asparagus bed is now in it's 3rd year which means we finally get to pick all that it produces and it's already coming in. We planted tomatoes, beans, lettuce, onions, potatoes, cucumbers, sugar snaps, zuccini, squash, eggplant, strawberries and peppers. We also grow herbs and garlic. The garden is a labor of love!

My first tip to you is to grow your own herbs. It makes a huge difference in everything I cook. You can grow them anywhere. Most of mine are grown in pots. I have cilantro, basil, parsley, rosemary, oregano, thyme and tarragon. All the herbs like full sunlight. Rosemary and oregano grow year round and my plants are several years old. My cilantro crop grows best throughout the winter. It doesn't freeze and it flourished all winter without going to seed. As soon as the weather warms up, the cilantro goes to seed and I have to keep replanting it throughout the summer. It's worth it though...cilantro is my favorite herb! I use it in just about anything it would taste good in.

So there you go...GROW HERBS!