Home Essentials With Marjoram

Aromatherapy for healthy living

6 October 2008 516 views No Comment

Calm irritability with a burner blend, grow the fresh herb for cookery, or mix it with roses to make a sweet smelling home decoration.

Marjoram Planter

The perennial herb marjoram grows happily in pots on sunny patios all year round. Pot marjoram needs good drainage to grow successfully, so the lower third of a container needs to have a layer of broken pots, stones or coarse gravel, the remainder being filled with a proprietary soil based compost.

Your marjoram will produce white and sometimes purple tinged flowers in late summer or early autumn and may grown with other sun loving herbs such as thyme.

Elizabethan Rose And Marjoram Posy

Make a traditional posy, like those used by Elizabethans to mask unpleasant odors.

Choose pink and purple flowers and marjoram leaves, they are fragrant and hold their scent well even after drying. Pick flowers when they are fully developed.
Hang stems upside down to dry in a warm, dark place.
The dried stems of marjoram can be bunched together and secured with an elastic band. Try combining stems of dried marjoram with larger dried heads of blue-pink rosebuds and creamy colored poppy seedheads. Stand the posy in a vase or tie it with colored ribbon and hang it upside down. As the fragrance fades, the posy can be refreshed by adding drops of rose or marjoram scented essential oil.

Marjoram Barbecue Oil

Brush barbecued or grilled foods with this flavored oil.

Half fill a sterilized bottle with fresh, lightly bruised marjoram, and cover with olive or sunflower oil. Seal and leave for two weeks, shaking occasionally. To use, strain through a fine sieve into another sterilized bottle.
Brush the oil generously over meat or kebabs and leave to marinate for half to one hour. Cook on the barbecue or under the grill, basting with more flavored oil if they become dry.

Marjoram Burner Blend

Try this to mask kitchen smells.