[Sca-cooks] killing Rosemary

[Mark Hendershott]

At 10:27 AM 2/28/2006, you wrote:
>All my herb books say that herb need good drainage, so have you checked the
>drainage of your local soil? Rosemary likes a Mediterranian (sorry about the
>spelling - I'm at work and my dictionary isn't) climate and actually 
>does quite
>well in rather poor soil, but the roots need to dry out between waterings.
>
>I have an herb garden at my mom's in Northridge CA (that's the very
>northern-most bit of the city of Los Angeles). It was a 8x8 plot of 
>dirt outside her
>kitchen door where an air conditioner once stood. We had to remove a concrete
>slab to clear it and found under that every single rock that had been removed
>from the rest of the property when the main landscaping was done. This was in
>addition to the heavy clay soil of the area.
>
>But we dug it down about 2 feet, left the rocks, and added a load of planting
>mix and the herbs, for the most part, couldn't be happier. The rosemary is in
>the corner, very protected from winds and the occassional frost and we have
>to harvest it virgorously several times a year. The marjoram (my 
>favorite!) and
>mint and tansy have seeded themselves all over Mom's yard, making a beautiful
>and tasty ground cover where ever there is not another plant growing.
>
>The basil never seems really happy, tho. We have to replant it almost every
>year.

It is an annual.  Don't know if it typically reseeds 
itself.  Rosemary grows here in Western Oregon without worry about frost.

Simon Sinneghe
Briaroak, Summits, An Tir

>The other that won't do well the are pinks. Yes, those little carnation
>thingies a/k/a gillyflowers. I'm dying to make gillyflower syrup but 
>can't find
>enough fresh petals... :(
>
>Renata
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