(cooking, garden)
The cooking meme going around reminds me how happy i was with the seasoning i made for the steamed cabbage, onions, potatoes, celery and carrots on Sunday night. I salted way more than i think i should and that seemed to be the right amount. Then i ground up dill, coriander, pepper corns, black mustard seed, and allspice and dusted with that and already ground celery seed. Grinding the spices before use was lovely. I've put whole seed in in the past -- that's what my mom did -- but this was just the thing. I also put two bay leaves in the boiling water. Not sure how helpful that was.
I need to figure out where to have dill and coriander/cilantro this spring. Some patch of fast spring plants (i can add the poppy seed) that gets nuked -- and hopefully kills most of the stilt grass -- after they grow. I think that might be in time for replanting with sweet potato.
The garden plot is a horror of weeds right now and i can't quite figure out what i want to do about it. "Nuke from orbit," is how i feel, but there are some perennial and self seeders buried under the horror of stilt grass.
Edited to add that Christine is posting haiku at https://17sounds.substack.com/ at least twice. There's a way to get it in your email if you like that. No idea how long she will pursue this, but i am being a cheer leader.
I need to figure out where to have dill and coriander/cilantro this spring. Some patch of fast spring plants (i can add the poppy seed) that gets nuked -- and hopefully kills most of the stilt grass -- after they grow. I think that might be in time for replanting with sweet potato.
The garden plot is a horror of weeds right now and i can't quite figure out what i want to do about it. "Nuke from orbit," is how i feel, but there are some perennial and self seeders buried under the horror of stilt grass.
Edited to add that Christine is posting haiku at https://17sounds.substack.com/ at least twice. There's a way to get it in your email if you like that. No idea how long she will pursue this, but i am being a cheer leader.