Otis ~I was looking for catnip but all I found was this sage.
The sage plant is a hardy perennial in zones 5 to 8 and is part of the mint family. Is it just me, or do the tops look they’re growing? It’s January in Wisconsin…..
In spring, I know this plant will get a purple flower spike. The deer don’t eat any part of the plant, either, so we have tons of it everywhere.
Sage also has a lot of health benefits and tastes great in Rachael Ray’s Penne Wise Pumpkin Penne. Momma makes this all the time and adds chicken breast to it. Try it and enjoy!
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You could make some Nip Penne too Otis!
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That sounds good!
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We love toasted sage and rosemary with oven-roasted slices of sweet potato. And mama uses sage in beans, with polenta, with stews and soups. Our sage plant is 4 feet across and 3 feet high and produces the most BEAUTIFUL flowers for bees. Love the punpkin pasta!!!!
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That sounds really good! Ours are not that big yet. If they get that big, we’ll have to move them. I know exactly where, too!
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I guess that is hardy and how nice the deer don’t eat them.
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We did not know they were this hardy! 🙂
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For some reason whenever I try to grow sage it never comes back, and we are in Zone 5b/6. So I just grow it in a pot and restart each year.
Yup, sage is good for lots of things, culinary and medicinal!
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I am having trouble with Lavendar. It should come back but it didn’t look that good this last season. I moved it to a different spot so we’ll see.
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Beautiful plant. I love the texture on the leaves.
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You are right, the texture is nice. I love their color during the growing season, too.
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Sounds nice 🙂
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Gosh! Our sage withered up in November! Yours looks great! Our deer are so hungry this year they are eating everything, including the juniper bushes! So its probably a good thing it has died back. Otis, we love seeing you in the background! Purrfect!
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I must have bought Super Sage or something!
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I am allergic to sage. So I really don’t get the health benefits from it.
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Oh, too bad. I imagine you’d have to eat a lot of it anyway to really get any benefits. I like it but not enough to make a tea out of it or anything. 😸
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