Thai gardening
June 25th, 2008
June 25th, 2008
I have a couple of new plants this year that are going great so far, and they’re both for my interest in Thai cooking - a lime tree (Citrofortunella mitis) and lemongrass (I also have Thai basil, but forgot to take a picture - soon). Note to me: Here’s a post from Kalyn’s Kitchen on freezing herbs that includes several recipes using Thai basil.

Lime tree

Lemongrass
We decided to plant one lemongrass in the ground and one in a pot, to see if it will withstand the winter here, which is usually pretty mild.

July 3rd, 2008 at 5:19 pm
[...] Thanks, so much, Joelen! This is a great incentive to keep submitting recipes for your events. In fact, I have one I’m going to submit for the upcoming Thai event. We LOVE Thai food In fact, I’m growing some of my own Thai ingredients - a lime tree, lemongrass and Thai basil. [...]
July 11th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
[...] was able to find lemongrass (and now I have it in my garden) in the grocery store, but no kaffir lime leaves or galangal (Asian ginger). So I’ve found an [...]