{"id":138880,"date":"2023-08-21T14:00:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T07:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/nigel-slaters-recipes-using-homegrown-herbs-and-flowers\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T14:18:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T07:18:51","slug":"nigel-slaters-recipes-using-homegrown-herbs-and-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/nigel-slaters-recipes-using-homegrown-herbs-and-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigel Slater\u2019s recipes using homegrown herbs and flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nA few pots of thyme, basil, nasturtiums or marigolds can lift a late-summer baked chicken, a green bean salad, or peaches and honeyAugust, and the garden comes into the kitchen. Basil that has basked in the sun all summer long is used with lemon zest to season baked marrow; dill flavours a citrus dressing for prawns, and the dried leaves of thyme, mint and lavender buds add fragrance to a dish of baked chicken. Now is also time to roast peaches or apricots with thyme and honey, and bring edible flowers \u2013 there are more than you may think \u2013 into the kitchen to add a summer fragrance to leafy salads.I grow herbs in pots, in light, gritty compost to provide the fine, nutritionally poor soil on which rosemary, thyme and marjoram do so well. Those that benefit from richer soil, the basil and mint family, still need good drainage (herbs hate getting their feet wet) so growing in pots is ideal, as you can provide the soil they like best. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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