The Yellow Farmhouse Garden

July 6, 2007

Oregano

Filed under: Uncategorized — bob @ 10:25 pm

Oregano is one of my favorite things to grow and harvest. Since it is a perennial, I don’t have to worry about planting it every year and it grows so vigorously that it chokes any weeds that try to “invade its space”.

Oregano

To harvest it, we simply cut the entire stem. It then goes immediately into the dehydrator (set at 95F) for a day or so.

Oregano in Dehydrator

Wearing latex gloves, we slide our fingers down the stem and the dried leaves come right off. The leaves are packaged in Zip-Loc bags which then are stored in a cool dark place to preserve the flavor and the wonderful bright green color.

I use a lot of oregano when I cook and let me tell you, store boughten oregano is not even in the same league as this stuff!

Bob

July 4, 2007

Lettuce Harvest

Filed under: Uncategorized — bob @ 1:56 pm

We are at the “tail end” of our lettuce harvest. We usually grow at least 3 types of “heading lettuce”…

Iceberg:

Iceberg Lettuce

Buttercrunch:

Buttercrunch Lettuce

Romaine:

Romaine Lettuce

Seeds from all three types were obtained from Johnny’s Selected Seeds.

Bob

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