We made a good amount of effort enough times over the spring and summer months that we ended up with a very satisfying garden this year. It started with some peer pressure from one of our sons to have a bigger and bolder garden this year than last. That was setting a high bar, as we had had our first decent garden in over a decade the year before. There was much room for improvement, and the soil was turned over and amended, plants were planted, a fence was built to keep out unwanted wild life. We watered, one of us weeded, and we followed more or less the mantra of deep mulch gardening. When we heard Ruth Stout's mantra that it was a method for the elderly, the busy, and the indolent, we saw we were the trifecta of a target audience.We were rewarded with a full season of herbs and vegetables. Then, all of a sudden, we had frost. Only the hardiest of herbs remained and what to do? We made a few dozen Bouquet Garni for the freezer, to be used in soups and stocks throughout the winter.
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