Medieval Herbs With Carly Still - A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach

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Medieval Herbs With Carly Still - A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach - Aug. 5, 2024

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Show Notes

When most of us think of growing herbs each spring, what we probably put into our shopping cart, whether from online seed catalogs or at the garden center, are the culinary must-haves: the basil, the parsley, the dill and such. At the Met Cloisters in Upper Manhattan, a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art focused on the medieval era, the herb collection is far vaster, with possibilities for culinary use, sure, but also for purposes like dyeing and other crafts, for various household uses, for medicine, or for magic and ceremony—and even herbs for promoting love. Each one has a... Read More ›

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