Ladybug visiting a Chervil blossom

We love our Chervil around here, and of course we very much like to see the ladybugs enjoying it too.

Chervil is a herb often used in French cooking  It has a subtle, Tarragon flavor.

Much easier to grow than its fussy taste-twin, Chervil is best sown directly in the garden bed (rather than starting it in flats in the greenhouse).  The soil should be a neutral Ph of about 7, which means I've got to add lime to my acidic soil.  Keep the bed uniformly moist after covering the seed a 1/4 inch.  Once it's up and growing, I don't even thin it.  I just let it do its thing.

The chef loves using the small, fine leaves as well as the beautiful, delicate flower.  As you can see, the ladybug loves it too.

Comments

[Carolyn Jung]

What a sweet photo! Your garden is like Wonderland. Everything that grows there and every creature that visits there just seems magical.