Warm Autumn Days and a Comforting Bowl of Soup

It’s a sunny day as I look out onto my garden.  Feels warm through the glass, but the wind outside is cold to the bone.

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The ivy in the back has turned into a brilliant display of fall colours.  Hues of red and yellow cover the back fence.     

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We have been blessed with a wonderfully extended warm autumn.  And all my herbs enjoyed the outdoor air until mid-October.

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As the light levels in the house are nowhere near the quality of outdoor light, I wait as long as possible to bring my herbs indoors.

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Not recommended, but it’s my procrastinator personality to wait till the last minute and frantically bring in dozens of potted plants indoors to safety in the dark on a cold night because a frost warning has been issued.


Tender plants safely indoors, a pot of vegetable soup is the perfect comfort food for a howling windy day:-)  And having your own herb garden is wonderfully convenient for making soup.

A few sprigs of parsley, a pinch of lovage and sage, a few thyme sprigs and a couple of bay leaves. Voila – flavour!

It’s this kind of convenience, of being able to pick a bit of this and a pinch of that, that makes growing your own herbs so much fun – and economical 🙂

Enjoy your autumn days 🙂
Barb


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