A tidying up day today. Lots of housework doing little jobs to keep the house in full viewing mode just in case!
No walking but up & down stairs & steps.
My herb garden hasn’t got much in it & I realise that isn’t parsley but fennel....I have never used fennel but someone gave it me last year...it’s grown nicely but I will have to google its use!
Three good things:
1. I cleaned the inside of 26 windows & 14 downstairs outside windows. Another two weeks before our window cleaner comes again.
2. I dozed in the car while Harry went in to buy some fruit. It was hot in the sun!
The bread rolls that he again placed at the bottom of the bag with heavy stuff on top have almost sprung back to shape!
Lovely! I was looking at your labels and thinking 'that's not parsley'! Fennel - I love the bulb as a vegetable, but don't use the leaves much. Sounds like a busy day with the windows ... I keep putting mine off, hoping the window cleaner will come by - soon!
Lovely to have your own herbs to hand - your chives are doing well ! - mine are a healthy green ! now that Gary has been watering them - What a lot of windows Pat - A job I hate and at the moment in much need of doing - must do the insides out of shame ,before the window cleaner comes to do the outside ! Squashed bun !! ha , ha , I can relate to that !!
A lovely day. I use fennel in Italian dishes. It is strong, you don’t need much. A pinch in Italian meat sauce makes the dish amazing. I actually put a little in some beef and potato stew the other day. It was delicious. I grind it in a small mortar and pestle.
@happypat oh, I’m talking about dried fennel seeds! I’ve never cooked with the bulbs but have seen recipes that use them. I’m glad you asked for clarification. 😊
@jamibann Ours came three weeks ago but we didn’t ask him to do the other empty half of the house that time but we need to be all sparkling! There is parsley there somewhere but the fennel has taken over!
@samae@busylady Chives are very pretty aren’t they....I would love to learn how to cook with herbs more! Yes I think a few people might relate to the bread story!!
Chives are so versatile whereas fennel is so particular -don't think it goes with a lot of foods! I can't believe you did all those windows! I got tennis elbow one time cleaning windows in the big house that we once lived in!
Good lord you cleaned how many windows?
Pretty photo. I have a few herbs I can just see them under the forget-me-nots. Sarah is growing some on the windowsill, I must get a shot
Pretty photo. I have a few herbs I can just see them under the forget-me-nots. Sarah is growing some on the windowsill, I must get a shot