{"id":4101,"date":"2023-10-14T09:10:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T13:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/?p=4101"},"modified":"2023-10-14T09:10:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T13:10:31","slug":"lemongrass-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/?p=4101","title":{"rendered":"Lemongrass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"\" — From these two supermarket stalks (in June) \u2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
\u2026 to this (yesterday) \u2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
\u2026 to this after cutting the leaves.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Leaves before separating.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I then took the outer leaves off, separating the inner greener parts from the outer somewhat drier leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Leaves after separating the inner green parts from the outer brown leaves<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I washed both sets of leaves and left them to dry overnight on a kitchen towel. The leaves are not as razor-sharp and easier to work with if they wilt a bit overnight. I then harvested the stalks and cleaned them as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Leaves, cleaned and left to dry overnight.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Cleaned stalks<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
This morning, I made the leaf bundles. Those will be used for tea and to flavor soups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Lemongrass leaf bundles for tea.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Ready for the freezer. From left to right: inner leaves, stems, outer leaves.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I am very happy with this little back porch experiment and can\u2019t wait to use the lemongrass in the kitchen. It smelled to good! I will grow (more!) lemongrass again next year and also try to grow ginger.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yesterday, I harvested the lemongrass on my back porch. Back in June, I had purchased a pack of lemongrass at the supermarket and rooted two of the stalks in water…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[35,33,30,32,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-container-gardening","category-fall","category-harvest","category-herbs","category-preserving"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7mi2j-149","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4101"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4121,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4101\/revisions\/4121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

\"\" — From these two supermarket stalks (in June) \u2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
\u2026 to this (yesterday) \u2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
\u2026 to this after cutting the leaves.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Leaves before separating.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I then took the outer leaves off, separating the inner greener parts from the outer somewhat drier leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Leaves after separating the inner green parts from the outer brown leaves<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I washed both sets of leaves and left them to dry overnight on a kitchen towel. The leaves are not as razor-sharp and easier to work with if they wilt a bit overnight. I then harvested the stalks and cleaned them as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Leaves, cleaned and left to dry overnight.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Cleaned stalks<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
This morning, I made the leaf bundles. Those will be used for tea and to flavor soups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Lemongrass leaf bundles for tea.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Ready for the freezer. From left to right: inner leaves, stems, outer leaves.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I am very happy with this little back porch experiment and can\u2019t wait to use the lemongrass in the kitchen. It smelled to good! I will grow (more!) lemongrass again next year and also try to grow ginger.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yesterday, I harvested the lemongrass on my back porch. Back in June, I had purchased a pack of lemongrass at the supermarket and rooted two of the stalks in water…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[35,33,30,32,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-container-gardening","category-fall","category-harvest","category-herbs","category-preserving"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7mi2j-149","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4101"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4121,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4101\/revisions\/4121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}