We had our first really cold weather. Well, cold for Texas. Honey loves it. The first dry morning, she tore out of the house, tore around the yard at breakneck speed, grabbed a toy and tossed it around for around an hour. Jock, on the other hand, did his business and went inside. I had gathered my basil before the free to dry. I put it n the dehydrator and ran it for a couple of days. When I took it out of the dehydrator and put it in a bowl to crush it, Honey and Jock were standing around me waiting and hoping for a treat, so I gave them a carrot.
It is so easy to be self sufficient with food. I dried enough basil to last me through the winter. I have Swiss chard growing, mustard greens, onions and garlic. I have sweet peas coming up. I have Oregano growing as well as garlic chives and have just planted parley in pots. I also harvest dandelions from my yard. I don't make an effort to kill them because they are loaded with nutrition. I also have purseline , or moss rose to some of you. It is also nutritious. There is so much in nature that we just ignore that is better for us than what we get at the grocery store. I am now drying yaupon leaves to make tea. I will dig a bunch of dandelion roots and dry them to make tea as well. As soon as the plantain come up this winter, I will be using the leaves to make hand cream. It has great medicinal powers and with my hands being a problem, I make and use it every spring. You can also dry the leaves of plantain and make tea from them.
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