In this video, Patryk espouses the merits of lovage, a perennial plant with a strong, celery-like taste that certainly isn’t for everyone. This lovage is inside our Grand View greenhouse but you have a decent chance of finding it in the wild or your own garden. Follow @livingwebfarms on instagram for more updates and details about daily happenings on the farm!
VIDEO: Dividing and Re-Potting Lovage
In this video, Patryk espouses the merits of lovage, a perennial plant with a strong, celery-like taste that certainly isn’t for everyone. This lovage is inside our Grand View greenhouse but you have a decent chance of finding it in the wild or your own garden. Follow @livingwebfarms on instagram for more updates and details about daily happenings on the farm!
this is quickly becoming my favorite herb. what an incredible flavor.
I am Romanian and for us this is a MUST to be added in " ciorba", " borcht" ( sour soups). I live in Canada for 20 years and you recognize immediately a Romanian house when to see our beloved " leustean" or lovage growing in the garden. Mine is growing in the front yard :)) I freeze all the healthy leaves at the end of the season and add them in soups during the winter. My grandmother dried them away from sunlight and used them for the same purpose.
It is delicious dried, freshens up the flavor of soups and sauces, especially in the winter months, when fresh produce just doesn't have much flavor. You can get at least 2 cuttings per year, even cut right down to the ground. Late April to early May, then again in the summer.
Thank you for sharing. It’s best in soups added right before you stop the heat and add the lid on. It gives the most amazing smell that way. Very healthy too.
Did the new plant make it?
Can I do this any time of a year, or is there a reason I need to wait until spring/fall? Will that make a difference, if I do it now in July?
Its taste is not very strong compared to Chinese celery. But its taste is like celery and parsley combined. I love this plant. I have over 13 lovage plants that I seeded this year. The seeding rate is pretty good. It was hard to get it started. But once it starts growing in a 2 inch pot, it is indestructible. LOL