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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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 Posted - Oct 06 2006 : 10:07:17 PM
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My neighbor has the "arp" variety of rosemary - we live in a zone 5 area - and it seems to be doing well, here, too. I was thinking of planting one next year, and I'm SO glad that you asked this question, Jo! Now I know that for sure I need to add sand to the soil - the soil in my yard is so full of clay I could probably make pottery...
XOXO, Libbie
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country lawyer
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
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Posted - Oct 07 2006 : 06:30:41 AM
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I should have mentioned that I'm in zone 7. I have many different varieties of rosemary. The "arp" certainly sounds like a good choice for herb gardens in cooler regions. I might even see if I can find it here locally. One can never have too many rosemary bushes!
Ann, thanks for the welcome. Good to see you too!
"All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of things shall be well."
Julian of Norwich
"The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time."
James Taylor
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JO AND AL
True Blue Farmgirl
235 Posts
Jocelyn
parrsboro
nova scotia
Canada
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Posted - Oct 08 2006 : 09:02:09 AM
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 oh! no wonder i was having trouble lol! well next door neighbors grew it one yr, and it was awsome and come to think of it it was hot there and seemed sandier soil then here? weird eh? i brought it in anyways, and it seems so far so good, but i don't know as of yet what will happen to it. i haven't watered it at all since i brought it in, but the soil is from the garden where i dug it out of, so, hopefully it will be ok for my winter herbs, i love it, i like the tea it makes, thankyou soooo much for all this info, by for now! love from jo~
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jo Thompson
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jo
the mountainside of the Chugach
in Alaska
USA
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Posted - Oct 14 2006 : 6:51:16 PM
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hello jo, we had a hard, hard frost last night. I dug up my Rosemary this am, the frost took half of it, but I think it will fare well. We'll put lights on, not sure what your latitude is, We are 61 degrees north.
Here's something odd for you, I was part of a Jo and Al, I lived in the Kawarthas for two years with a wonderful canadian named Al, we were engaged to be married when he was diagnosed with a brain tumor and passed away very quickly. I married two and a half years ago to my alaskan Paul, I had been flying to Alaska for years with a medevac to and fro from Seattle.
Good luck to you Jo in Nova Scotia from Jo in Alaska
"friends don't let friends eat farmed salmon"
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Oct 15 2006 : 09:38:41 AM
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My favorite cullinary herb is rosemary. Just yesterday I went out and bought a huge pork roast. Came home and cut some herb, basted the roast w/ this, mixed it in w/ orange marmalade and mmm mmmmm good.
Did you know you can eat the little purple flowers too? They make a plesant breath freshner. Only a few segments of our plant produces these.
Our "shrub" is in full sun next to the house. It started out small and is now 2 feet tall and covers a few feet of ground. Every few years I have to prune it back. It shares space w/ other herbs. right now its a race to see what will fill this garden space up first, the rosemary or the zinnias. |
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