There was a break in the weather this afternoon, so I was able to do some of the herb-harvesting I’ve been putting off (since I haven’t wanted to harvest them in the wet, obviously, so they don’t mould! Feel so sorry for the farmers round here when I see the soggy bales in the fields…). Sun burned off the rain, and I shot out and used my Deeply Mystical herb harvesting technique of grabbing the secateurs (practical boline XD) and dumping them on the fuzzy leopard-print dressing gown I’d spread out to dry in the brief sun. The marjoram’s gone over, but I can salvage a bit; ditto the lemon balm. Tonne more of everything to cut! And crabapple jelly in our future….
I’ve already used some, in tonight’s “wrinkly leftover root vegetable” soup (so classy >.>). Came out really well, though – bunch of different herbs plus parsnips, potatoes, sweet potato, carrots, onions, a red pepper, some ginger, garlic, chillies off the chilli plant I got my wife and a bit of bacon, plus stock, salt, pepper…going to freeze some, it’ll be lovely on cold days.
weald and wold 