Herbs ... and Scarborough fair

My garden always includes a few herbs, not because I use them much in cooking ... well, maybe, just a little. I simply enjoy their intense fragrance and delicate flowers. Over the  years, they have become a part of my life. The prolific Greek oregano, gift of a friend, comes back year after year as does the shade-loving woodruff. Now, that woodruff has an interesting history. I originally planted it on a slight slope in the front garden. My expectation was that it would colonize the slope and free me from cutting grass there. Didn't work that way! For years, the poor thing barely survived. Finally, I dug  it up and replanted in a flat, shady area in the backyard. Lo! it flourished and multiplied. I planted the cilantro because its leaves are often used in Asian cooking. A reminder of home, you could say. Then there are the parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme. The parsley, like the cilantro,  has to be planted anew each spring. The other three occasionally die and I replace them faithfully. I planted parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme because of a song--yes, a song. What song? Why, Simon and Garfunkel's Scarborough Fair! I am a great fan of theirs, by the way.

Click on the link to enjoy the song, uploaded by sardineunderacan on Nov. 9, 2008. Thanks sardineunderacan! 

Uploaded by sardineunderacan on Nov 9, 2008

http://youtu.be/nWu6ney5hYQ

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme 
Photo: SockFoon