15 Aprilcot 2019 : Blog

The featured herb for Aprilcot is Rosemary. A pot growing some may be kept inside on the kitchen bench which makes it look good as a decoration as well as a wonderful general in the war of weight management.

I finely chop large amounts of rosemary to place on large amounts of tomatoe, on one or two rounds of toast for lunch. I allow plenty of time to enjoy the smell of the rosemary as it is chopped. I also finely chop large amounts of rosemary to place on the fat-trimmed lamb for the evening meal. The only measurement for the lamb is to eat a similar amount, or less than was wanted the previous year. If no fresh rosemary is available I would think that large amounts of the bottled dried herb would also be great.

A lean chicken month could still employ plenty of rosemary. No, absolutely not, I don’t think it would enhance fish, let us not bend reality that far.

A possible task could be to try and grow some rosemary. It is one of the most friendly plants to grow in a pot, even if one has zero gardening experience.

Have an outing (all outings are beneficial as they keep one away from the refrigerator for a few hours!) to a nursery to obtain some potting mix and an appealing pot. Obtain a piece of the plant, from a friend’s garden, or already growing in a pot from a nursery, or even from a bag of fresh live herbs bought from the supermarket.

Simply poke the stalk of the piece of rosemary into the pot of potting mix, a few inches deep. Water it each few days giving it about one third of a cup of water. They are quite forgiving if it gets tempting to water them more often. Let the water drain out of the pot into the sink so that the plant doesn’t sit in a pool of water. Stainless steel plugs with holes in them can be purchased to catch any potting mix that drains out. When the plant grows some branches those can also be planted. Keep repeating this planting of branches as it will eventually lead to a generous amount of rosemary to use for future Aprilcots.