For some reason, I keep thinking today is Friday.
Spent the afternoon outside planting the 4 Helleborus. The ground is horrible with lots of rocks, brick & slate bits in the top couple of inches, then solid red clay. It took me until 7:51 PM to get those plants in the ground. They’re in 1/3 top soil, 1/3 compost, & 1/3 dirt from the hole (minus rocks, slate, roots, etc.
So this leaves (out of the original 15 things-to-plant) seven: 5 Rose of Sharon, 1 lilac & 1 rose bush. I might get done by Thanksgiving.
LOL! Slow and steady wins the race! :)
How is your lemon verbena doing? I decided I needed to harvest mine today to make some liqueur. I hope it will turn out. I didn’t have as many leaves as it called for in the recipe I used.
The funny thing in the recipes I looked at, there were varying amounts of leaves to use. They went all the way from 1/2 cup packed, to 3 cups packed, with everything in between. I used about 3/4 cup packed for 750 ml vodka.
I made this a few years ago, and while I enjoyed it, not many others did. My favorite way to enjoy it was to add it to unsweet tea. I’m looking for other uses, but sipping it straight is nice, too.