This prison term of year , sage becomes popular in the kitchen , though we would all be “ salvia ” to abide by its place in our living throughout the year .
One of the last herb I brought in from the garden this year was the sage . It will outride squeamish in our Midwestern winter well past the first fewfrosts , but it needs to be amass before the really hard freeze to come . I grow a duo sort of sage around our farm including clary salvia ( Salvia sclarea ) and , of course , common garden sage ( Salvia officinalis ) .
The salvia plants in our garden plots are come near their third twelvemonth , so they are due to be refill . We keep them trimmed due to constant harvest , but they will begin to get woody and wither . In the spring , I ’ll makecuttingsduring the rainy time of year and stick them in right next to the current flora . The shade from their parent will allow for them aegis as they take root and arise .
A Storied PastSage has been valued medicinally for as long as we ’ve had the written word and beyond . There are many one-time adage , some suggesting that there is never a reason for a man to drop dead from an illness as long as he has sage grow ; or that as the home business goes , so grows the sage . Our farm business organization atMockingbird Meadowsis set about to arise nicely and we have a very turgid sage bush in our unwarmed nursery that blooms all year long . Here ’s hope that old saw is honest !
music in Our FoodWe will gather some refreshing sage from the nursery onThanksgivingmorning to be used in our dressing . A little bit of this herbaceous plant goes a long style , so it ’s important to be careful to add only small amounts to your cookery to avoid overpower other flavors . The addition of sage to our holiday meals helps us to concentrate the particularly rich food that puddle up these feasts . The plant that have grow all summer long will be dry on screen in front of the fire for use in farm product and our personal apothecary .
Sage has been used as a oecumenical tonic and practical panacea for as far back as Pliny and Dioscorides . It has a special phylogenetic relation for the mouth and throat and is featured prominently in cold and flu remedies .
As a afternoon tea , sage is made with an infusion : Simply pour one cupful boiling urine over two to three teaspoon sage and allow it to sit in a covered vessel for 10 to 15 minutes . The result tea leaf was traditionally drink first thing in the morning for digestion , grippe prevention and even pain in the joints . It is a refrigerant , helping to cool the dead body , so it is helpful to relieve both fever and menopausal hot New York minute . Recent research has supported the use of salvia for memory . There is even evidence that sage is very helpful for the agitation that accompanies Alzheimer ’s .
We have a roughshod storm moving in this good afternoon and I can hear the wind howl out of doors . I ’m off to the glasshouse to pick a fistful of sage . I think a fond cupful is just the thing for a dawn like this .
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