Herbs and Beans with lots of Produce

Herbs are a  cheap, easy to grown and convenient plants to have in the garden. Many of my herb plants are just outside the door; it is easy to pick a few bunches to use fresh in my cooking. However, some herbs are even better dried since it intensifies the flavors. Actually many recipes call for dry oregano and thyme. However, those little bottles are very expensive. Last week I cut some oregano and thyme and and hung them up on the curtain to dry.
I then took the leaves off of the stems and have stored them in air tight containers in our  spice cabinet. Those bottle cost $3-5 a piece when you buy them in the store and you have no idea how fresh they are.  In this picture you also see some of the beet greens that we had for dinner  that night.


We are getting a lot of beans now and I have a few different kinds. Sorrel is an excellent herb that I have just outside that goes well in beans.

Well the new farmer has been able to harvest a lot and colleagues are getting cucumbers, tomatoes and squash since we have a surplus.
June 14  4.48 KG cumbers tomato,  beans and squash
June 15 0.310 KG Swiss Chard
June 16 3.360 KG with our first of the blueberries and black raspberries. ]

Total of 8.15 KG   +45.86KG  = 54KG