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Sow your seeds in a tub during March and at regular intervals if you want to have fresh herbs all year, water them regularly, and within a couple of months you have your own free DILLicious herbs (sorry about that!).
It’s that easy.
The seeds are large, so you need to space them out. At first this herb looks like grass but it soon develops those wonderful feathery leaves.
Once there is enough growth you can start eating your produce.
The Latin name for Dill is Anethum Graveolens and it the leaf only that is good to eat in salads. Seeds and flowers can be used to make dill tea.
Plants are small with hollow stems and flowers shaped like umbrellas.
This is the same family of plants as aniseed, carrot and fennel. Divide the leaves into strips and savour the appetising aroma.
In Mediterranean countries dill grows wild in fields and it has been cultivated since the days of the Ancient Greeks.
Use dill in a salad, with fish (especially smoked fish), to season meats and to flavour rice. The Greek dish ‘spanakopitta’ (spinach puff pastry) relies on dill for its distinctive flavour.
Dill is known as ‘aneth’ in some parts of the world and has similar properties to aniseed and fennel when it comes to the human digestive system.
Leaves and seeds are diuretic and antispasmodic, so they are excellent for digestive upsets. They absorb intestinal gas and can help to ease stomach pain.
Add this herb to your food to help digestion, or prepare a cup of dill tea by using one teaspoon to one cup of boiling water.
One cup before meals is very beneficial to a troubled digestive system. It's great for easy embarassing wind problems too (and I am not referring to the weather.)
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Advantages: lovely delicate leaves and great to eat. Disadvantages: You have to wait, you can't start eating them as soon as they poke out of the soil!
Bryn_Pearson 25.05.2001 (05.06.2001)
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Advantages: lovely delicate leaves and great to eat. Disadvantages: You have to wait, you can't start eating them as soon as they poke out of the soil!
Bryn_Pearson 25.05.2001 (05.06.2001)
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