Herbs from My Garden
I am happy to announce that my garden has survived my black thumb the winter. Apart from my abundant harvest of one (yes, singular) apple and three oranges, herbs like Italian parsley, rosemary and thyme are aplenty.
Italian parsley ends up in a no-fuss pesto recipe. Pine nuts, lightly toasted, blended with parsley leaves. Some olive oil and a bit of salt later, it's ready to be mixed with your favourite pasta. The intense green colour might scare off some people but I think it's chlorophylly good.
Rosemary is used as a perfume for two large butternut pumpkins I bought from Sydney's Flemington Market some weeks ago. Just deseed the pumpkins and cut them up into large chunks, skin intact. Add some sea salt, rosemary and olive oil and roast them in the oven at 200 degrees Celcius. To turn the deliciously sweet roasted pumpkins into soup, simply blend them with one litre of chicken stock.
So, has your garden survived the winter?
12 comment(s):
Oh I am so envious! My garden has survived the winter but not sure if it will survive the $%^& possum that tries to eat everything! Yummy looking pesto.
( Btw - do you have a "proper" sized apple tree or a dwarf? I'm asking cos I'm thinking about getting a dwarf one but not sure how it'd go.)
Hi shaz - thanks for dropping by! Mine's just a dwarf one. It's low maintenance but doesn't fruit as much. That explains the one apple :)
Ah - mine survived too -this is the first winter it did so. I just made a ton of pesto on the weekend on what was rocket growing out of control and basil going to seed. I'd love the space for apple trees though, even a dwarf one.
Very nice effort with your gardening! The only thing flourishing in my garden at the moment is catnip - and only because the cat is avoiding it like the plague.
Parsley pesto sounds fantastic, and with herbs from your own garden? Nothing could be tastier :)
What beautiful looking herbs!!
SSG xxx
Impressed with your prowess! My pot plants are alive, but my disastrous run with bonsais continues. 2 on the brink with only prayers & hocus pocus keeping them going now. I can grow rosemary though. It's hardy and forgiving.
as always beautiful photos Bravo Pierre
I love how your photos can make your small bunch of herbs look greener and lusher than most people's gardens, Wink! :)
Thanks! Ok, definitely going to get one for next year :)
That soup looks sublime! I don't have a garden :( my little apartment doesn't allow for much. I cannot wait until I can have fresh basil of my own, though!
Mmm yum, your pumpkin soup looks delicious!
We’d love it if you would post this recipe or one of your other favourite healthy recipes on our Facebook page, including a link to your blog of course. :)
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Cheers,
Jenny from Healthy Eating Australia
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