tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993237500972166102.post5917459015491100928..comments2023-07-27T08:53:20.141+01:00Comments on vals alentejo: Growing wildvalerietilsten59.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05617190196811279000noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993237500972166102.post-19944882869826152072012-04-18T13:22:24.039+01:002012-04-18T13:22:24.039+01:00You have such a beautiful town, Val! How wonderful...You have such a beautiful town, Val! How wonderful (and fragrant!) it must be to live near hillsides of Rosemary and fields of lavender. Here it is too cold for Rosemary to survive outside year round, but when I bring it inside in the winter, it never lasts until spring so each year I have to buy another plant. I do have a healthy lavender plant that grows well and gets a little bigger each year. Thank you so much for posting this! It was a lovely way to begin my morning and it made me smile to read it. Take care.Haworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03674542285398289771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993237500972166102.post-40899908794281904602012-04-18T00:48:29.633+01:002012-04-18T00:48:29.633+01:00A lovely post Val. I do like to grow Lavender, Mi...A lovely post Val. I do like to grow Lavender, Mint and Rosemary in my small garden, but I would love to see it growing wild around your area.<br />I like to use Rosemary in cooking, especially with roast lamb or chicken. Makes a beautiful aroma around the house while cooking:)<br />I have several Lavender bushes and gather the flowers to make little bags to put in drawers with clothes and linen.<br />That honey must be delicious. Very pretty label on the bottle.Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10979455592865842458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993237500972166102.post-67433415033095436152012-04-16T09:42:47.174+01:002012-04-16T09:42:47.174+01:00Such lovely herbs and shrubs to have around the ga...Such lovely herbs and shrubs to have around the garden. I can imagine the smell of your friends sheets after they dried. <br />The plants here dont flower so well during the summer months, spring is when they look their best.<br />I love my potatoes , just as you described..<br />Happy Monday Judy..<br />valvalerietilsten59.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05617190196811279000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993237500972166102.post-22545668325757526062012-04-16T09:38:06.659+01:002012-04-16T09:38:06.659+01:00I wish you luck with your lavender Patricia,
It is...I wish you luck with your lavender Patricia,<br />It is more sensative. needs sun and shade.<br />It gets hot there too where you are, like here, the plants suffer through the different seasons..spring is the nicest.<br />A little honey in a fruit mix is delicious. <br />wish you a peaceful pleasant Monday<br />thanks for your comments<br />valvalerietilsten59.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05617190196811279000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993237500972166102.post-60397889350470951852012-04-16T05:37:19.250+01:002012-04-16T05:37:19.250+01:00I love these herbs too! I always have a little po...I love these herbs too! I always have a little pot of mint and of rosemary, but lavender is a bit more difficult here in the tropics. At the moment we have a new lavender bush and hope to keep it going through the winter. The fragrance is gorgeous. Your honey looks wonderful too.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685403215601517267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993237500972166102.post-18205744264684239762012-04-15T23:08:41.063+01:002012-04-15T23:08:41.063+01:00Hi Val: Great post. I have always loved lavender a...Hi Val: Great post. I have always loved lavender and rosemary. Rosemary grows like wildfire around here and I have quite a clump in my garden. I use it for cooking and love oven roasted new potatoes with just salt, pepper, rosemary and olive oil. There is a lavender farm close to where I lived in the bay area and she would spread her sheets over the plants to dry and they would smell wonderful when she made the bed..Happy Sunday..JudyJudy at GoldCountryCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10282585980012016892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993237500972166102.post-92130285359731985212012-04-15T21:56:07.878+01:002012-04-15T21:56:07.878+01:00Have grown both rosemary and lavender and love the...Have grown both rosemary and lavender and love them. That honey looks divine and how wonderful that is in your area. Thanks for stopping by, LauraCottage and Broomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16197992828499503887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993237500972166102.post-25180967756301666982012-04-15T21:22:39.237+01:002012-04-15T21:22:39.237+01:00Hello Val
What a lovely post, I adore Rosemary,Min...Hello Val<br />What a lovely post, I adore Rosemary,Mint and Lavender it is so lovely to brush past them on a hot summers day, we shall be planting new plants in our new garden, It is wonderful to see it growing wild in your country on such a large scale. We do have lavender farms in Norfolk but I have never visited them. I love the way people know who you are by what grows on your land, very special<br />Thea xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993237500972166102.post-31740321389566080842012-04-15T14:44:04.394+01:002012-04-15T14:44:04.394+01:00Dear Lisa , Thank you as always for your lovely ki...Dear Lisa , Thank you as always for your lovely kind comments. <br />I live in the middle of nowhere really.. but if one takes the time to look ..we can find all sorts of lovely wild flowers. Here we have lots of the Rosmary and lavender.<br />The honey is excellent.<br />best wishes.. <br />val x x xvalerietilsten59.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05617190196811279000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993237500972166102.post-50769977759093561642012-04-15T14:35:47.384+01:002012-04-15T14:35:47.384+01:00What a beautiful picture you paint of all the herb...What a beautiful picture you paint of all the herbs and flowers around you and the honey looks beautiful! I have a lavender plant by my front door and now when I see it I will think of you! I hope you are having a beautiful weekend!In My Wild Edenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10943196871279605031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993237500972166102.post-62030091407313675772012-04-15T13:44:40.647+01:002012-04-15T13:44:40.647+01:00How lovely Gina, you are most welcome
I lost about...How lovely Gina, you are most welcome<br />I lost about 4 bushes this year , due to frost.<br />Some years we get frost others not. I wish i had more growing around the place.<br />Happy gardening Gina.<br />valvalerietilsten59.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05617190196811279000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993237500972166102.post-40718709352226481632012-04-15T13:20:58.480+01:002012-04-15T13:20:58.480+01:00Dear Val, A lovely post for a lovely Sunday morni...Dear Val, A lovely post for a lovely Sunday morning. Your photographs make me want to hop on a plane and come visit you. I would love the experience of having Lavender fields surround my countryside. I grow both herbs in my garden but have to replant often because of our harsh winters.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429484235583035595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993237500972166102.post-48565852105107070132012-04-15T13:08:39.855+01:002012-04-15T13:08:39.855+01:00I had a very good girlfriend in South Africa calle...I had a very good girlfriend in South Africa called Rosemary..Always liked the name. <br />I am making a little bit of rost turkey..so i went out to cut some stalks from the plants.for cooking.and thats how the idea came.. i enjoyed writing this blog. <br />I didnt know they were both a member of the mint family.. I love mint. <br />I have never eaten lavender in ice cream.. that sounds delicious.<br />Thank you Rosemary<br />Happy Sunday<br />Valvalerietilsten59.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05617190196811279000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993237500972166102.post-5297435469130179512012-04-15T13:04:35.832+01:002012-04-15T13:04:35.832+01:00They truly are lovely plants. How great that you ...They truly are lovely plants. How great that you grow them too Suzy.<br />At least you have an allotment.<br />thanks for your comments<br />i will go see your cushions. i only just worked out what etsy is. !<br />valvalerietilsten59.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05617190196811279000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993237500972166102.post-46988148112874719972012-04-15T13:00:28.815+01:002012-04-15T13:00:28.815+01:00I adore Lavender and Rosemary and grow both...my l...I adore Lavender and Rosemary and grow both...my lavender cushions on etsy are from my home grown lavender. I also grow lots of different mints. Unfortunately I don't have a garden, it's grown in the allotment we have. Suzy xRustic Vintage Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17707515487917612909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993237500972166102.post-4287226925887993512012-04-15T12:05:16.131+01:002012-04-15T12:05:16.131+01:00Dear Val - pleased to learn your strong connection...Dear Val - pleased to learn your strong connections with my name sake.<br />I consider Lavender and Rosemary to be a "must" in gardens, the secret being to keep them nicely trimmed. Mint too, another essential in my view. What could be more lovely than lamb with mint sauce, Rosemary tucked under the skin of lamb and inside a chicken, and the dried flowers of Lavender, crushed and added to homemade ice cream. Take care.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993237500972166102.post-32478438077137250242012-04-15T11:12:19.415+01:002012-04-15T11:12:19.415+01:00Thank you Jane and Lance.
You are always so kind ...Thank you Jane and Lance.<br /><br />You are always so kind with your comments.<br />Spring is a lovely time. I am sure the bushes are growing there too in Hungary.!<br />Best of a Happy Sunday<br />valvalerietilsten59.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05617190196811279000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993237500972166102.post-75152953682190818712012-04-15T11:07:37.549+01:002012-04-15T11:07:37.549+01:00Hello Val:
How lovely to be surrounded, as you are...Hello Val:<br />How lovely to be surrounded, as you are now, with lavender in bloom. It really is the most wonderful of herbs and, when we gardened, we so much enjoyed seeing it as attraction to so many bees.<br /><br />And the perfume in your house must be simply magnificent.<br /><br />Happy Sunday!Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com