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Dill (Anethum graveolens)
by Jon
June 5, 2007

An herb worthy of growing in your garden,
`dill' was taken from a Norseman word "Dilla"
which means to lull. Dill seed water was often
given to babies and young children as a
sedative, and helped when rubbed on a child's
gums when teething. A cup of dill tea helps
calm the nerves before a test, but shouldn't
be used unless there's a specific illness.

It's as welcome in our kitchen as it is in
our medicine cabinet; dill is useful no matter
what's cooking. We like the taste of dill
leaves with grilled meats. Often, I'll pluck
a pinch of dill weed, a leaf of dandelion,
and snip them together in a mixture of
buttermilk lightly dusted with ground
cayenne, and brush both sides of meat we are
grilling over a hardwood fire.

In your smoker, or gas grill, it's also good
simply laid on top of meat and veggies, then when you
flip what you are cooking, put a pinch on
that side as well.

Our dill self-seed, but I still grow it in
bare spots round the gardens and often simply
sow the seed and let them fall where they want
to. Dill can be grown all summer in USDA zones
3-7, in spring and fall in zone 8, and in
the winter in zones 9-11. Plant away from fennel,
carrots, parsley, and Queen Anns Lace.

A light spraying of dill weed steeped in water
repels aphids. I most always add a tad of soap
and a thimble of vegetable oil. It also
enhances a freshly cut flower bouquet, and
its soft fern plus enticing fragrance adds to
any flower arrangements.

Native Americans use its leaves, seed, and
stems for many things even though a lot of what
once was necessity now are used in ritual,
pow-wows, and dances, dill is a powerful herb.

Dill is rich in minerals, contains potassium, sodium, sulfur and
phosphorus. The leaves are considered herbs and the stems and seed
are considered spices. Saved seed stay viable for three years.

Dill makes things last longer, and is
especially noted for pickles of all kinds, and
for canning. Kim and I use it in canning, and often
freeze some, but mainly I gather it, dry it, then we store both its
foliage and its seed for use overwinter for culinary as well as
medicinal purposes.

Dill enriches soaps, candles, potpourris, and protects the child
under whose head a dream pillow filled with magic herbs rest.

References:
Personal experience
Matthew 23:23
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/d/dill--13.html
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