by herbsocietyofamerica | Jul 20, 2017 | Other Culinary
The herbs in my garden live among the annuals, perennials, vegetables, and shrubs. I never designed a separate, formal herb garden and now every new herb plant gets tucked in any space I can find. If I remember and have time, I harvest the leaves for teas or for...
by herbsocietyofamerica | Jul 17, 2017 | Other Culinary
In early July I was invited to a potluck picnic for Edible Cleveland magazine. Potlucks push my overachiever button and I wanted to impress my fellow writers. So, I challenged myself to making something apropos of the magazine — local, seasonal and organic. As the...
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by herbsocietyofamerica | Jul 10, 2017 | Other Research & Education
At the Willoughby, Ohio, Farmers Market my farmer friend Maggie Fusco handed me a blue plastic grocery bag half full of garlic scapes. There must have been 100 of those long, circled flower stalks that must be trimmed from hardneck garlic to make certain energy goes...
by herbsocietyofamerica | Jul 6, 2017 | Other Culinary
Known to many as the herb that smells like celery, lovage (Levisticum officinale) has been used for centuries as medicine and food. In modern times it has fallen out of favor and is found infrequently in gardens now. Lovage is a zone 3 – 9 plant, so we northerners can...
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by herbsocietyofamerica | Jul 3, 2017 | Other Culinary
In late June I took my youngest son to orientation at Ohio University where he plans to study biology with the goal of finding a job in environmental science. (His mom’s influence, perhaps?) For the two-day introduction parents and students separated for sessions of...
