Friday, 27 August 2010

Backyard Harvest: Rosemary

As for rosemary, I let it run all over my garden walls, not only because my bees love it but because it is the herb sacred to remembrance and to friendship, whence a sprig of it hath a dumb language. 
Sir Thomas More (1478-1535)

It took me quite a long time to get the above photo of a bee on one of our rosemary bushes.  The bees refused to pose and either flew away before I could photograph them or else gave me shots of their rear ends as they dived into the flowers!

In Australia, rosemary grows beautifully as a perennial.  It is well suited to our hot, dry climate.

Today a picked a few sprigs and use them to make a rosemary, lemon and garlic marinade for some chicken thighs, which I later cooked in the wok with red capsicum strips and sliced onions.

What did you harvest from your garden this week?


5 comments:

Gloria (The Little Red House with the White Porch) said...

Greetings! I just discovered your blog. Great photos! And that chicken recipe with the rosemary sounds delicious. I will be right over!! :)
Best regards,
Gloria

Jennifer said...

What a great picture! You captured it well. Your dinner sounds so delicious. I hope you will post your recipe!

As for harvesting, we put up what will probably be the last tomatoes of summer. I took some of my fresh basil and added it to several jars.

Have a lovely weekend!

Caroline said...

This week I harvested the rest of my lemonade fruit before pruning the trees and also some lettuce,asian greens & a few herbs.
Have a lovely weekend
Caroline

Our Red House said...

Hi Gloria, thanks for visiting.

Jennifer, the recipe for the marinade can be found by clicking on the link - I published it once before.

Hi Caroline, that sounds wonderful. We're harvesting, greens, herbs and citrus too.

Kate

Kirstin said...

And your wait was well worth it. What a beautiful picture. I harvested some zucchini and cucumbers, though the cukes were a bit bitter )C: