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Interest Herbs Extend: There are certain plants that instantly provide a garden with a ready-made theme. If you like the idea of a themed garden, perhaps you should try one of these. The advantage is that you don't actually have to plan very hard—once you've made the initial decision, the plants take over and do the rest for you.
THE MOST obvious theme garden, perhaps, is the herb garden. This not only looks lovely—so fresh and green—but it also smells fragrant and is always a delight to sit near or walk through. Most important of all, it also has a practical use, particularly if you are a keen cook as well as gardener. Develop your interest herbs extend in herbs and extend your collection to include some of the more unusual ones. Like your gardening, your cooking will soon know no limits.
With the larger lot, say one more than 50 by 100 feet, it is different. The private part of the garden may then include not only the outdoor living room adjacent to the house, but areas that extend beyond it to the rear and the sides. These may feature special gardens, such as ones devoted to roses, rock gardens, herbs, cut flowers and vegetables as well as naturalistically landscaped areas with trees, shrubs and perhaps spring bulbs and other flowers growing beneath them. Now the private area consists of more than one room.
Care and Storage. The tongue can tell whether a substance is sweet, sour, salt, or bitter. It cannot detect aroma, which comes to us through the sense of smell. The volatility that gives herbs and spices their distinctive taste and aroma also makes them perishable. Once volatility is lost through age or careless storage, the product has little, if anything, to offer.
One should date the labels of new spices as they are purchased. They should be kept handy but should not be stored over oven heat or in direct sunlight. Containers should be closed immediately after use. At least once a year the shelf should be checked and all "fainthearted" herbs and spices discarded. Cooking time is too valuable to waste on tired spices. See also articles on individual herbs and spices. |
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