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How to Grow Dill
How to grow dill. The herb Dill was well known and respected both in the days of Pliny and during the Middle Ages.
Its use as a drug was documented as early as the tenth century.
The herb supposedly derived its name from the old Norse word dilla, which means "to lull."
During the Middle Ages, Dill was used in charms against witchcraft.
Use both the leaves and the seeds of the plant.
How to Grow Dill
Its Medicinal Uses
The herb Dill will help ease stomachache and prevent flatulence.
An infusion of Dill will help ease colic in children.
According to A Modern Herbal (Volume 1, A-H): The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-Lore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs & Trees with Their Modern Scientific Uses
, "...The seed is of more use than the leaves, and more effectual to digest raw and vicious humours, and is used in medicines that serve to expel wind, and the pains proceeding therefrom..."¹
In the Kitchen
Add the fresh leaves of the herb Dill to soups and sauces for flavoring.
The leaves are also useful for flavoring fish.
And, of course, you will want to use Dill for making pickles.
The leaves of the herb Dill are more flavorful before the flowers form so pick the leaves as soon as they are big enough to use.
If you want the seeds, allow the flowers to bloom and then go to seed.
About two weeks after Dill starts blooming, cut the seed heads and hang them upside down in a paper bag to allow the flowers to mature and dry out.
Make dill vinegar by soaking the seeds in vinegar for a few days before use.
How to Grow Dill
The herb Dill is easy to grow, but will take more nutrients out of the soil than most plants, so be sure to compost your beds heavily.
Also, be sure to cut your Dill flowers within two weeks of bloom, or else the seeds will fall to the ground and
you'll find Dill plants popping up all over your garden.
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¹Mrs. M. Grieve, F.R.H.S., A Modern Herbal, (New York: Dorset Press, 1992), 256
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