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Growing Salad Burnet
Growing salad burnet is easy. It's a perennial and almost evergreen herb. It grows to around 15 inches high. It has small flowers which need removing unless you want them to set seed. The leaves have a cucumber flavor and are good in savory salads, fruit salads and summer drinks. Pick a few leaves and scatter them over the top of a mixed salad to add a lovely fresh taste. Add a few leaves to a cream cheese sandwich to give a really special taste. You can add it to mayonnaise or salad dressings - just chop it finely and mix through. A few leaves enhance the flavour of vegetable soups - celery, asparagus and mushroom in particular. Put the leaves in when you start to cook. It's a great standby during winter when little else is around and is an exceptionally good value herb. If you only have room for a few pots, then salad burnet is a must. Growing Burnet You can sow seeds outdoors in mid spring - sun or shade are equally suitable, but it prefers chalky soil. Just keep the seedlings weed free and you will be rewarded with a fine crop of leaves. Harvest all through the year - just take a few leaves off as you wish. If you do allow it to self seed, then you will have a constant supply of small, tender plants which will give you a good supply of leaves. It really is as simple as that - no more to be said... For an explanation of gardening terms that you might not understand, please check out the Growers Dictionary section. I found that I was either skimping on explanations or giving too much information on the individual pages so I have posted all relevant terms in one section - if there's anything you need to know, please drop me an email.
Growing Salad Burnet - to Growing Herbs
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