[Sca-cooks] herb question

[Pixel, Goddess and Queen]

Basil, then? There's usually a mad rush to save the rest of the basil the
night of the first frost around here. And lavendar blooms in the late
summer around here, but I suppose we're rather a bit more northerly than
Poitou.

Margaret

 >
> Um... Not Lavendar-- that blooms in the spring.
>
> I would wonder about harvesting either Rosemary or Thyme so close to
> winter. Maybe parsley or other green herbs?
>
> July-August (specifically from the feast of John the Baptist to the
> Festival of the Acension) is the prime time to harvest herbs.
>
>
> > Rosemary? Lavendar? Thyme?
> >
> > Margaret
> >
> > On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Laura C. Minnick wrote:
> >
> > > At 08:46 AM 3/29/2004, you wrote:
> > > > > Here's a question for you expert persons. What herbs that grew in Poitou in
> > > > > teh MA are harvested in late Sept/early Oct?
> > > >
> > > >Can you be more explanatory? Are you speaking of harvested for storage, or
> > > >available fresh for cooking in that time period?
> > >
> > > Harvested for storage. As in the object of Our Hero's affections is in her
> > > garden cutting herbs to hang to dry...
> > >
> > > She's an odd girl, reads Pliny...
> > >
> > > 'Lainie