Pesto Soup

1 Onion chopped

1 Roma Tomato chopped

1 Zucchini chopped

2 cups baby carrots chopped

1 liter of chicken stock

8 Patties of pork sausage

2 Tablespoons of minced garlic

1 8 oz jar of classic pesto Dash of cayenne pepper

1 tsp Italian seasoning

3 Tablespoons olive oil

Salt and pepper to taste

3 cans of cannelloni beans

In a large pot add 1 liter of chicken stock 1 jar of pesto and 6 cups of water, and cannelloni beans, and bring to a low boil. Cut sausage patties into small pieces and brown them in a pan. When finished add to the pesto and chicken stock. Take your chopped carrots, onions, tomato, and zucchini and sauté in olive oil then add to chicken stock. Add 1 tsp of Italian seasoning, and a dash of cayenne pepper with two tablespoons of minced garlic then salt and pepper to taste.

Herb Day Update

The open air market features vendors who sell crafts, books, herbal teas, garden wares and a huge selection of herbal plants. Activities have been modified to honor our health and well-being. The day will be outdoors only.

Herb Day 2019- Best Yet!

Herb Day 2019 (our 22nd year) was a GIGANTIC success! Thank you again to all our sponsors, vendors, exhibitors, and the Boy Scouts who helped out. Special thanks to Grace Presbyterian Church for providing the gorgeous venue and the really yummy on-site food (hamburger was awesome!) – the congregation was so warm and welcoming and it has made for a great partnership in this event. We had so many positive comments and over 1,000 visitors – we would love to hear from any of you with reviews or comments to our Facebook page! Last but by no means least the hard working members of the Alabama Herb Society under the direction of our Herb Day Chairwoman, Jean Szabo (aka Fearless Leader) did an amazing job! Click here to see photos, or go to our Facebook page.

Work Day in the Gardens

What a wonderful afternoon we had in the OAT gardens. It was fabulous to be working outside after such rotten winter weather. We cut things back, weeded, and applied pine straw. The Dye Garden is complete, the Scent and Children’s Gardens are done except for pine straw, and we got 2 trees planted in Judy’s garden.

We would like to have another workday, Saturday 3 Feb at 1 pm. We will finish weeding, trimming, and strawing the gardens, plant trees and azaleas, and trim the scuppernong vines.

Many thanks to Kayren, Patrick, and Carolyn for their help today. Teamwork makes the dreamwork…J

Moringa Tree Featured in October

For our next meeting on October 17th we have invited Jayme Oats to speak. She is owner of a business that helps farmers with solutions including helping beginning farmers and organic certification. She is the director of the Cooperative Extension Beginning Farmer Program. She will be speaking to us about Moringa a wonderful medicinal herb tree that grows well here in Alabama.

The meeting will be held Tuesday, October 17th at 6pm, at the Loeb Center of Old Alabama Town.