Are you growing fresh peppermint?

I grow fresh peppermint in my Grasmere herb garden, and its going mad at the moment. There are so many uses for it though.
If you have lots of fresh peppermint, take a look here for some great ideas

Sorrel, sorrel herb, in White Moss herb garden, Grasmere

Yesterday I took the scissors to the  Sorrel.

Sorrel will quickly bolt and go to seed if it is not kept down.

Make sure that you cut the seeds heads off the sorrel at regular intervals to keep the young fresh leaves coming.
More information about sorrel is on my sorrel squidoo lens, which also features lots of recipes and tips on how to use sorrel.

Do badgers eat wasps? White Moss Grasmere's question of the day

Take a look at my main White Moss House blog for more news on this garden happening overnight!

Beautiful Blue Borage

Here are the borage  photos- it's just coming out, and oddly the first flower was a pink one ( the odd borage flower is pink, and some are white)

More to follow.

Herb report from Whitemoss House garden

After months of dry weather, we've just had 48 hours of rain.

The whole garden looks battered, and some of the herbs look very sad, but they'll revive in no time.

One job that badly needs doing now , is cutting down the Sweet Cicely. It has gone to seed, and has got straggly and rusty looking. I know that if I cut it right down now, I'll have a second crop later.

This is sweet cicely in full bloom, back in May, in the Whitemoss herb garden.

Find out more about Sweet Cicely here.

The Borage is now officially out!

Flowers on the Borage- photo to follow soon!

Beautiful blue borage