[Sca-cooks] killing Rosemary

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 12:05 AM 2/28/2006, you wrote:
>Umm.... I have yet to have a chance to harvest. I have been told that you
>should wait a full year after planting to let it establish itself.
>I have yet to have one survive a full year.
>Now my sage has established itself and is becoming the neighborhood shrub
>whether my neighbors want it or not.
>I have been told to plant the rosemary in a pot  and bring it in for the
>winter....it died. :P

Our sage has pretty well taken over the narrow bed next to the driveway, 
and we never have to buy sage for holiday baking!

But the rosemary?...

The rosemary bush is now approaching the size of a VW Bug. We call it the 
Horta. There's some morning glory trying to sneak through and strangle it, 
but the Horta just laughs it off. We have no idea why it is flourishing so- 
it's planted next to the garage, in ratty soil with various bits of 
neighborhood history in it (I understand from Regina that when she had the 
backyard dug up and new grass planted, there was all kings of misc bits of 
broken glass, etc- typical stuff you dig up on a city lot). But the Horta 
likes it there, apparently. If I didn't know better, I'd say Hagrid had 
been back there with his pink umbrella, giving the Horta some 
'encouragement'... ;-D)

'Lainie
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