About

My name is Vera. Twelve years ago I inherited an overgrown plot at our summer cottage: mint by the porch, oregano along the fence and a whole wall of fireweed behind the shed. Since then every summer has turned into harvest season, and every autumn into jar season.

Here I write down what I've tested myself: how to harvest, dry, ferment and store herbs, and what they become in a cup and in the kitchen. I'm not a doctor or an herbalist. I write about flavor, aroma and housekeeping, not about treatment.

For Club members I record video lessons — from the garden bed, the shed and the kitchen — and once a month I go live to look at your preserves and answer questions.