More planting

As I mentioned before, I have been trying to plant native plants in my front flowerbed. When that is not possible, I have ben trying to plant herbs of several varieties. To that end I planted a horseradish plant. I'm anxious to dig a root this fall, and make my own horseradish sauce, or raw horseradish. I remeber my dad really liking horseradish, and now so do I.

Cathy and I have gone to Glover's nursery in WEst Jordan several times. One of the salespeople ther has suggested we try a "bronze fennel" in our flower bed. It has a beautiful bronze color, and is edible. It does need to be cultivated fairly well, since the seed swill tend to spread if you don't cut it beofre it seeds.

While I was at Glover's yesterday, I also found a Curry plant. This plant smells like the curry of Indian cooking fame, but is not the curry used in cooking. As Cathy keeps telling me, and I have since confirmed, Curry used in cooking is actually a mixture of spices. The plant however, can be used in cooking especially as an addition to meats. It has a strong flavor, but mostly it is an ornatmental that looks similar to lavender, but smells like Indian cooking.

I'm hoping that I can get out this weekend and get my other garden ready to plant. I've got the potato seed just waiting for the rain to quit long enough for me to get the plot ready. I'll keep you posted as we move through this