One of the cardinal joys of summer here at Chez Ranger is LadyRanger's herb garden. We (she, mostly) harvests herbs and dumps the fresh yumminess into whatever we happen to be eating that day. We (she, mostly) makes PESTO (NOM!!!). We (she, mostly) grows lemon-thyme for fish and risotto (see previous "NOM!!!" annotation.
One of the gems of the herb garden this summer was the parsely. Not only did it have a lovely, vibrant flavor, but it grew like a champ. Grew so well that we just couldn't bear to pull it out of it's pot and pitch it during our end-of-the-season-clean-up. We left it in the pot to see what would become of it as the weather turned cold.
et voila! Here it is, a bit the worse for wear but here it is. And this is after many nights w/temps in the 20's. We don't know if it'll make it through the whole winter, but we're not betting against it. Superior genetics, obviously.
Memory trigger.....
When I was a kid my mom used to grow parsley in a planter near the front door. She used very little of it in food because our cat would constantly nom on it. Come to think of it, she probably just grew it for the cat.
Posted by: Scooby, Shaggy & Scout | December 11, 2011 at 09:57 AM
NOM!
I can't get enough of pesto!
Posted by: Fi | December 16, 2011 at 10:11 PM