coriander flowers
I hope the weather warms up soon or I won't have anything to do my Friday "Backyard Harvest" posts on! I am starting my spring and summer vegetable and flower seeds in egg cartons outdoors and they are germinating very slowly at present. I have only lived in Adelaide for two years so I don't know if this cool spring weather is typical.
The subject of this week's post is coriander. In Australia coriander is usually grown as a cool season crop because in warmer weather it goes to seed too quickly. I use fresh coriander leaves in all the usual ways: in curries and salsas, as a garnish and to make coriander pesto.
Some people think coriander smells disgusting, like squashed bugs, but I really like it. Once the plants set seed I collect the seeds and use them in cooking and for next year's crop.
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