Posted on 09/19/2004 9:25:02 PM PDT by Mo1
Not much nurturing involved, resty. Just keep the herbs watered, make sure that the two or three herbs in each pot are compatible as to water needs, and pick them often for salads and cooking. Tonight we are having homemade spaghetti loaded with fresh basil and oregano. It is to die for.
Oh, what a great trade! We haven't cured our olives yet, though we might try that one day too. They look good enough to eat from the ground, though I've been warned not to, of course. The date palms are nice for the bird life too. I didn't know olive trees grew in NoCal, but the garlic festival in Gilroy was always fun :)
I had good luck with lemon basil in a big pot. It grew like crazy and was so great for pesto.
:-)
You're damn right about that ... It would ROCK
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Honestly, I don't know if I'm too old for this, if things have gotten so beyond bad, if it's that I hate crowds and conflict... (all of the above?) I had a bad feeling about all the shouting going on, and am not so die-hard that I wanted to stay another 2 1/2 hours for her to arrive, meanwhile afraid one of the hippie agitators would go psycho. I saw those guys walking around with their briefcases, but keystone cops did nothing.
Yes. Our home in Fair Oaks (east of Sacramento) was in what had been part olive orchard, part plum orchard. The trees produced fine olives for pressing and wonderful huge plums.
My opinion - based on many herb failures, is to start with the chives and the basil...
Wow, that sounds lovely. I don't think I've talked to you before about CA! I went to UCD and I remember the agricultural (corn? lettuce?) fields all around. My sister just bought a house in Fairfield - I guess that whole area has grown so much, I probably wouldn't even recognize it.
They all have come in a set I just don't know where I will let them park!
Must mention the steak I grilled last night. The local market had filets (I never buy them because of the high cost) on sale at a very low price. I couldn't resist. There were two in the package and each weighed about 14 ounces. They were about 2 inches thick. I covered one with Montreal steak seasoning and grilled it to medium. We shared it and it was as fine as any restaurant steak I've ever eaten. The other is going on the grill next week.
Uh oh!
I'm familiar with Davis and Fairfield, Travis AFB being close by. I agree that today the area must have lost a lot of its splendid agricultural land to housing developments. I hope that the almond growers still survive. A trip to their processing plant was almost as tasty as the vineyard tours ... but not quite.
Gosh, that sounds good. We have a good local butcher just down the street and my husband is the family chef. Whenever my family visits, they request his steaks because of the way he seasons and grills them. They'd rather have his dinners than eat out. So would I :)
That's right - the almond plant in Sacto! We always went on family field trips to all those places though I must admit we, children back then, were not that interested in the winery tours. We liked the Hershey's plant in Oakdale. Each winery, chocolate factory, garlic town had such a distinct smell. Oh, and the gold rush tours were good too. But I understand that now Sutter has been declared a big criminal and street names must be changed to appease the pc police.
This looks interesting
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Mexican Oregano
http://www.davidscooking.com/ingredients/mexoregano/mexoregano.html
You may have seen a bottle marked “oil of oregano” in a health food store. There are good reasons why!
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The Cure is in the Cupboard
Oregano(Mexican)for Better Health
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I have used this Oregano product for sor thoats, cold and other things it is good.
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Resty, just plant the herbs. You might want to look for a grow light to put over them if you have insuffient sunlight, which you probably do in NYC in the winter.
heheheee, Gasp!
Fair enough!
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