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Article: A Journey Through Thyme
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- March 2, 1994
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Caraway thyme, a housewarming gift from a neighbor's garden,
was the first thing that went into our soil on this mountain.
Caraway's stems are slender as broomstraws and the color of
mahogany, its minuscule leaves forest green. The plant has true
caraway flavor laced with thyme. I wanted more.
Another friend came by with a pot of thyme, this one flavored
lemon. The specks of leaves are variegated - blue-green bordered
with dandelion yellow and moments of sunset pink. The taste in
Golden Lemon Upright thyme is as sunny as a Meyer lemon. I'd grown
thyme before, but it was thyme thyme. Nothing like these.
On a visit to my mother's, I dug up some of that very basic
thyme - English it was. ...