May Garden Tour

May Garden Tour

by | May 30, 2025 | CobraHead, Gardening, Vegetable Growing

I work harder in the garden in May than in any other month. As usual at this time of the year, I’m way behind, but I’m still happy with what’s done so far. The south beds are neatly fenced in to protect the peas and other delicious delicacies from the marauding deer in the neighborhood. I’ve got all my trellises up, and the beds are in pretty good shape, with only one bed totally overgrown with weeds out of the eighteen in the plot. This is my holding bed....
Anise Hyssop Herb Salad

Anise Hyssop Herb Salad

by | May 30, 2025 | #CobraHeadFolksEat Good, #JudyValdes, Anise Hyssop, CobraHead, Herb Salad, Spring Herbs

Anise Hyssop is a perennial herb, an excellent pollinator, and it tastes like licorice. It’s one of my favorite additions to a salad. Adding 4 or 5 licorice-flavored leaves (slivered) to a salad enhances its flavor significantly. While I was ‘foraging’ in our own garden for the anise hyssop I also picked some baby spring plants, including cilantro, mustard, kale, chives, spring onions, broccoli rabe and asparagus. I had such a big picking that I didn’t even...

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