Who Buys Mint?

Who  actually buys mint?  I mean why buy mint from a nursery or plant store (unless you need a specific rare variety).  This is my mint patch, it's a combination of mint, ferns and day lilies. It serves me quite well for mint for my tea, or to make mint jelly or mint sauce.  It started with one little piece of mint I plucked from a friends garden, stuck it in the ground and with the usual benign neglect, it has thrived......  there is a boat load of mint in there despite my average photography.

The Lakelands like getting in every photo they can......

Loving the New Thrill of The Grill!

I have the best neighbors in the world, I really do.....

They upgraded their gas grill and gave me their old Weber Gas Grill.   What you see below is tonight's dinner,  chicken breast marinated with Salamida State Fair Cornell Style Chicken BBQ Marinade..... the grilled veggies where just marinated with olive oil, salt, pepper and some ground garlic.    As you can see, I got a good char on the veg. I like that, but really should remember to put the veg on after the meat has cooked a bit so it's not always "blackened". 


Whats really cool about this grill is the left side shelf and on the right side, just out of view is a burner.  Only thing missing is a beer or some wine. I forgot to pick up something, so we had a lovely large iced tea instead.

The End of The Summer Basil

It's fall, that's for sure. It arrived this past weekend, the air decidedly crisper, the sun setting earlier, the gardens slowing down.  I started (way too late again) to make pesto and chop up the basil in some olive oil to put a kiss of summer into winter dishes.

The basil seems to taste different in September than it did in August.  I still have made a couple jars of pesto and a handful of small baby food jars that have either just basil or basil, parsley and a little olive oil.  IF  I had my act together, I would have been doing this all summer long, oh well, next year...