Hot mustard . . .

a success! Yummy!!!

This mustard was made from red mustard seed (Brassica juncea). The original seeds came in a hot mesclun salad mix packet and has self seeded the last two years.

It will make a wonderful gift put in a small preserving jar with a plastic lid and a personalized label with the ingredients listed.



Hot Mustard
Put red mustard (Brassica juncea) seeds in a small glass or plastic container with a non-metal lid.
Keep covered with apple cider vinegar. Add more as needed.
Approx. proportions: 50% seeds & 50% vinegar
Allow seeds to soften 12 hours or more.

Add:
1 tsp. honey/per 1/2 c. of seeds plus vinegar
½ tsp. sea salt/per 1/2 c. of seeds plus vinegar
You can add other seasonings but . . .they are not needed!

Grind in blender, food processor or spice (coffee) grinder* until creamy and thick. If too think, add a bit more vinegar.Put in jar with plastic lid or protect a metal lid with plastic wrap. Keep in refrigerator.

*I found my small coffee grinder was best with a small batch of seeds.

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Annisquam Herb Farm

What's happening . . .

The Herb Farm gardens will be on the Sargent House Garden Tour June 20th. The garden beds are new.

The oldest, The Old Kitchen Garden was started in 2005 as a small plot.









It has grown to include the all of the available space outside the old kitchen door. Two grape arbors have been built and 4 plants put in. This year we have a good amount of growth with small bunches of grapes appearing.







The Back Forty (feet) were planted last year in potatoes and a few other vegetable. The Victory Garden - Upper & Lower were new in 2008 and were planted with tomatoes, squash and pumpkins. Our retaining wall had to be replaced. The work was completed in the spring of 2008. All the plants that had been there were either given away. transplanted or composted. Now there is an Upper Great Wall of Annisquam Garden which has lavender, clary sage and other medicinal herbs. And . . . The Lower Great Wall of Annisquam Garden is being prepared to receive the rhubarb plants that need to be transplanted and some asparagus.

The Greenhouse has been a nursery this spring.

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