Lemon Mussels Gremolata Recipe

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Written By Steven Biggs

Homegrown Lemon is Great with Seafood

If you are growing a lemon tree indoors and wondering what you will do with your homegrown lemons, here’s a recipe I love and included in my book Grow Lemons Where You Think You Can’t: Lemon Mussels Gremolata.

Thanks to author, storyteller, and chef Signe Langford for sharing this recipe.

And if you’re a gardener, keep in mind that a potted lemon tree is a great addition to the garden. As well as fresh lemons, you get fragrant flowers, and flavour-packed leaves that are very useful in the kitchen!

Lemons: A Perfect Patio Plant

Lemon trees are more cold-tolerant than many people realize, which makes them an ideal potted plant for decks, patios, balconies, and gardens in northern climates. That’s because the cold-tolerance means there are many ways to overwinter lemon trees.

You don’t need a greenhouse or a bright south-facing window indoors!

As well as the fruit, if you grow lemon you will get deliciously fragrant flowers and very aromatic leaves that you can use to flavour all sorts of dishes (I love wrapping lemon leaves around a firm cheese and grilling on the BBQ!)

Read about why lemons are a great choice for northern gardens

6 Reasons to Grow a Lemon Tree in a Cold Climate

Read about how cold lemon trees can get over the winter

Find out more about my book Grow Lemons Where You Think You Can’t

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More Lemon Resources

Book: How to Grow a Lemon Tree in a Cold Climate

Grow Lemons Where You Think You Can't Grow Lemons Where You Think You Can't
 

Course: Grow Lemons

Keep Your Lemon Tree Through the Winter

And enjoy fresh homegrown lemons!

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About the Author – Steven Biggs

Bored of rows? Try a patchwork of lettuce. A focal point of edible flowers. A perennial bed edged with edible plants. When it comes to irresistible food gardens, horticulturist Steven Biggs sees the whole yard as a canvas—with a palette of veg, fruit, herbs, and edible flowers. With over 25 years in the horticulture sector, he’s worked as a college instructor, in greenhouse and nursery production, plant propagation, biological controls, and horticultural supplies. But his passion is to help people get creative with their home gardens. To think outside the box. To tailor the garden to what they love. That might be intrigue, form, texture, unusual ingredients, or a long harvest window. Maybe it’s as a creative outlet. If he’s not in his garden, you’ll catch him recording his award-winning Food Garden Life podcast, writing gardening books and articles, and helping home gardeners think outside the box in one of his online classes.


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