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little children to soothe their tummies and make them stop crying.”
"When I first started growing herbs, people didn’t use them much around here,” she recalled. “Now young folks in particular are very interested.” Mrs. Williamson plans to press some of her young friends into service to help with the herb fair. Along with Woodville’s herb lady, they’ll give demonstrations on several novel ways of using herbs, including putting them in sandwiches.
After sampling a chive sandwich with some of Mrs. Williamson’s special herb dressing and hot herb tea—a pot steeped with lemon verbena and rosemary—it's hard to imagine why these sandwiches aren't standard fare in restaurants and homes. They’re delicious! The delicate flavors of all the different herbs used in the dressing, in the tea and on the sandwich mingle and compliment each other to produce an unusual taste treat. It's a step up from bologna and cheese or peanut butter and jelly for lunch.
Mrs. Williamson starts her herbs on shelves under grow lights in a tiny basement room. “It’s sort of an incubator,” she explained. Next, they’re moved to a “half-way house”—a cold frame with heating coil—before the final trip to standard cold frames set out in her terraced garden.
She enjoys the work of raising her plants as much as she enjoys using them in cooking and for her teas, salad dressings, vinegars and sandwiches. The anticipation of things to come is a constant reward for the hours spent digging in dirt. "I practically drool while I'm sitting there with my trowel," Mrs. Williamson admitted. “When 1 transplant basil, I enjoy it so much. You just can’t help but think of a nice tossed salad."
Although she has many tried and true recipes, Florence Williamson is always looking for fresh ideas. "I really use my herbs. It's fun. I'm experimenting all the time, trying new things.”
Her adventuresome spirit carries beyond an interest in gardening. Last winter, she took a course in creative
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