Looking for something the deer won't eat?  Check out our garden sage.  It's been here for 10 years, and they haven't eaten it yet!!!

 

I thought you might like to see it in bloom.  So pretty.  Sage is available in the garden center, but it's easily grown from seed.  Give it full sun, and well-drained soil, and you've got a winner!!!

 

Botanically, Salvia officinalis, sage is in the mint family.  Its Latin name, Salvia comes from a word meaning "healthy."  The ancients used sage for many medicinal purposes, but today it is mainly used as a culinary herb.  
 

We cut a few branches and use it as a rack underneath a chicken or turkey breast on the grill.  I have a friend who puts a few leafy stems in a vase on her cheese tray.  Sage is so good with meats and cheeses, because it helps our bodies digest fat.  And it tastes great!!!!

 

Besides, it is beautiful in the garden.  Give it a try.

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!