On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 19:50:57 -0500, Katra
wrote:

-snipped-

No, I don't leave the stripped branch on the plant. :-)
I snip off the branch I want to use into a collander and rinse it well
before de-leafing.

I'm told to keep the rosemary twigs by one of the chef's a work, then
use them for kebab skewers as that will impart a rosemary flavor to the
kebab items. I've not tried it yet, but my rosemary is getting large
enough and mature enough to try that soom.


I also like to remove branches rather than leaves because some herbs
need to be pruned back a bit to keep them from getting scrawny or from
going to seed to quickly.

lol Or taking over their area of the herb garden......

Kat

Ah, the light bulb coms on! I misunderstood at what point you removed
the leaves. Silly me - I had visions of you standing in the garden,
carefully removing one leaf at a time! I didn't want to say anything,
but I thought "Wow, Kat has *way* too much time on her hands" :-)