I am finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Temperatures made it all the way into the 40s today and the snow is slowly pulling away from my borders. I even saw my snowdrops and daffodils popping up in a sheltered corner. Yeah! Everything still looks pretty ragged, but those plants that advertise themselves as evergreen are doing their best to look some shade of green.
I have a small, but packed, herb garden and I haven’t really seen it since about Thanksgiving. It’s usually the one garden I can count on to have minimal winter damage, so I crunched over the crust of snow to check it out. Sure enough, the plants show promise. They look a little sad right now, but they definitely show promise. My oregano my be matted down, but it will perk up soon enough.
Growing, harvesting and using oregano is easy, but sometimes confusing. Plants in the genus Origanum can be perennial ground covers, tender perennials or even small subshrubs. There's some confusion over what type of oregano to use in cooking, but there is no disputing the flavor when you taste it. And if you grow oregano, you’ll have enough to cook with it all year.
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