this week in the herb garden

although the day was overcast and grey, the air was warm and full of birdsong. Today I chose to replant the lavender border. The plants had been in for a few years and had always flowered well, but they did not survive the combination of a wet summer followed by a long cold winter. The new plants are small, but hopefully will grow well and produce enough flowers to use for soaps and creams as well as my popular lavender shortbread!

Before and after photos of the lavender border...

 

kitchen creations

a strong, biting wind made the garden an unpleasant place to be today so the kitchen became the place of activity. True sun dried tomatoes are a difficult thing to achieve in Scotland even in summer, but with the aid of a food dehydrator I'm hoping for success! Just halved baby plum tomatoes, a sprinkling of oregano and into the dehydrator for around 8 hours.
Some tomato seeds were sown this week that I have been assured will crop outdoors here, so later in the year I may even be able to dry some which have been harvested from the herb garden. It would be good to be able to store some for use in winter.