Sage

[*LILAC]

I need some "sage" advice. I have this huge plant I planted last year and it has flowers already! What does one do with so much sage?

 

[AlexDTX]

Prune it. It will grow like Alexander the Great conquering the known world.

 

[PropheticTimes]

Prune it. It will grow like Alexander the Great conquering the known world.

Yes, this is true, my sage plant has become a bush that is trying to take over the world

 

[~Anastasia~]

Hehe, I love sage.

I wish I could get rosemary and lavender to be so confident.

From a culinary pov, I don't use much sage. I like it on roasted poultry.

 

[*LILAC]

It seems I don't even have to prune it, it just goes and grows all on its owns! I can't remember why I bought it but I'm pleasantly surprised how well it IS doing. My lavender are doing great, too and I have hopes for my rosemary! I will continue to search for the many sagely benefits for sage. Maybe my mother has some sagely wisdom...

 

[PropheticTimes]

Sage Herb Benefits

 

[*LILAC]

Sage Herb Benefits

I love that site! Thanks!

 

[PropheticTimes]

My herb garden is like I have never seen it before. This year it is going crazy. The sage is becoming a tree, the taragon looks like a jungle and the oregano has propegated outside the raised bed and has claimed the side of the house along with mint and lemon balm I never planted.

 

[PropheticTimes]

I love that site! Thanks!

welcome!

 

[*LILAC]

My herb garden is like I have never seen it before. This year it is going crazy. The sage is becoming a tree, the taragon looks like a jungle and the oregano has propegated outside the raised bed and has claimed the side of the house along with mint and lemon balm I never planted.

Sounds like a great garden! I am always amazed when I find plants I never planted.. Seems the wind blows over the seeds and they find a good spot to settle down in. Like chamomile. I didn't plant any but I have some!

 

[Roseonathorn]

Dried burned sage purifies the air from many bad smells. You could try it in the toilet if You have too much sage. I have fresh sage in the freezer too. It is good on grilled lamb and beef and grilled mushroom. Grilled peppers with sage is great but remember not to put sage in soup. The saponin makes it taste like soap then. Adding dry sage when lighting a candle and letting the leaf burn gives an relaxing aroma to a room. Dry or a few fresh sageleaf that are let to dry on a clothrack gives Your clothes an aroma too. Tie them with a ribbon or a rubberband

 

[*LILAC]

Dried burned sage purifies the air from many bad smells. You could try it in the toilet if You have too much sage. I have fresh sage in the freezer too. It is good on grilled lamb and beef and grilled mushroom. Grilled peppers with sage is great but remember not to put sage in soup. The saponin makes it taste like soap then. Adding dry sage when lighting a candle and letting the leaf burn gives an relaxing aroma to a room. Dry or a few fresh sageleaf that are let to dry on a clothrack gives Your clothes an aroma too.

Boys' bedroom... great idea and worth giving it a try!

 

[Roseonathorn]

If You want massageoil You take an oil of choice, say almondoil and add the sageleaf and let it be in the oil until the leaf goes dark, usually two-three months. Take out the leaf and the oil is ready with a slight aroma. If You want a stronger aroma take out the leaf and add more leafs, let them get dark, take them out. Some people cut the leaf too but then is the risk that the oil goes bad sooner.

 

[PropheticTimes]

the sage monster



the raised bed garden (sage/oregano/taragon)



oregano, mint and lemon balm attacking the house

 

[Roseonathorn]

Sounds like a great garden! I am always amazed when I find plants I never planted.. Seems the wind blows over the seeds and they find a good spot to settle down in. Like chamomile. I didn't plant any but I have some!

Chamomile, my favorite weed, today I found an Aquilegia plant that had spread itself and two strange yellow flowers that I thought were almost extingt. Usually they are white or blue. Then a huge eagle swooped over our land and I had to rescue our birds so they wouldn't get eaten. I have also seen wild yellow tulips in different places.

 

[Roseonathorn]

I have a row of Lovage, ie too much. It can be used as vegetablebrath in soups. Any idea what one can do with it other than sell it or give it away? It is not good to decorate with because it wilt fast unless it hang.

 

[*LILAC]

Haven't heard of Lovage before! Sounds like a "lovely" plant!

 

[Roseonathorn]

Lovage taste a little like meatbrath and parsley. It is called Levisticum officinale in latin and is a big plant that can get as tall as a human. Lovage is also said to have something to do with love. Old sayings says put lovage in the shoes and You can walk a mile, the feet does not get so sore. I simply think meatsoup taste good with some lovage in it.

 

[Roseonathorn]

French tarragon is one of my favourites, it can not be propagated with seeds though. It needs stempropagation or one needs to buy a plant and propagate the stems. We also have a spanish leafy herb that comes up every year taste like a combination of licourice and anis.

 

[Humble me Lord]

I love sage on poultry, and on fresh caught fish (freshwater). Also rosemary rubbed on a whole chicken with it baked into the skin in the oven is wonderful.
If you plant mint in a garden space, it will take over quickly also by putting out roots in all directions.