to make little spring booklets and cards for friends? Or press herbs or local weeds for aromatic bookmarks? This also means having to walk around the block to find leass beaten up plants!
I have a mental map of where the rosemary bushes are and I love to take a walk with a plastic bag to grab a little and walk back home like rapunzel eating from the forbidden garden
Gazpacho only in the late summer, persimmons only in the winter, etc. just because we can import anything from anywhere anytime doesn’t mean we should. Nothing is special if you can have it whenever you want it.