ROSEMARY
Rosemary is the greatest plant, herb, shrub, EVER !!!!
This is the first year that I am growing it in a container. I have always had a plant in my landscaping around my deck. It not kept trimmed, it will grow rather large and leggy. One word of advice...if you have it planted in your landscaping, you cannot aggressively trim it back...it will die.
Rosemary is the "Iron Man" of plants. The following are examples of how I use this versatile plant:
- cut a branch and use it as a skewer for grilled shrimp
- cut a branch and infuse a container of olive oil to enhance cooking flavors
- take the needles and chop them up finely and sprinkle over a baked potato, tomato salad, over your Thanksgiving turkey, or an additive in ranch dressing.
- cut a branch to place over meat while it is being grilled.
- It is perfect as a filler for floral arrangements
- You can use it as a base for holiday decorations
- You can trim the plant to look like a Christmas tree and use as a topiary at the front door, just add lights.
On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the most maintenance)...I would give Rosemary a 1.
This plant seems very versatile, can use this for just about anything even skewers for shrimp that is awesome.
ReplyDeleteI love the flavor of rosemary, but I've never tried growing any. Thanks for sharing. I thought it would be harder to grow. Now I know better. Great tip and ideas for using rosemary too.
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