Last year, I attended a Greek food festival. We enjoyed a great themed meal and visited the Greek booths afterwards. There was tons of art, and lots of food goods that you don’t typically find at your local grocer. Fresh grape leaves, first pressing olive oil and dried oregano.

The dried oregano went home with me, well at least a pound or so of it. I used it all winter long, in many a recipe. To die for!

The only thing better than last year’s crop of oregano dried for you by an authentic Greek cook, is using your own oregano out of your own herb bed.

This year, I opted to grow my own.

I researched, and researched so that I’d buy the right seed. I read up on how to grow oregano, I prepared the beds, planted my seeds, watered tenderly and waited.

I was rewarded with fresh oregano for different recipes all summer long. The excess I dried myself. We’ll we using ‘our’ freshly dried oregano all winter long.

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