[Sca-cooks] killing Rosemary

[Radei Drchevich]

I have tarragon outdoors in colorado<ft Collins, near wyoming> the plant had been in the same spot on the north side of the house for 15 years.  never winter dieback.  And I had pinks, and spinach keep growing all winter in colorado also.  Average winter lows were -20 to -10<zone 5>.  you shouldn't have any problem with any of those outdoors in TN.

I am now in zone 7.  talk about trouble makeing the adjustment.  gardening is a whole different planet here.

  
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Margaret N" <margaretnorthwode at frontiernet.net>
> To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] killing Rosemary
> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:36:57 -0600
> 
> 
> Mark Hendershott wrote:
> 
> >> <snip>
> >>
> >> 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
> 
> Basil does reseed itself, here in middle Tennessee, at least. I've 
> grown three types, all of which were the larger-leaved varieties, 
> not globe. I've noticed that the reseeding isn't always as worthy 
> as the initial seeding/planting, though, as it reseeds so profusely 
> that you'll need to thin out a lot (a bit less profusely than dill, 
> but darn close). And of course, if you don't let it flower and go 
> to seed, it won't reseed.... ;) Basil flowers are so nifty to 
> smell, too.
> 
> I, too, have killed a potted rosemary. It almost, but not quite, 
> made it to spring, indoors. The lay of the land here just stays too 
> wet in spring and most of summer, excepting the last one, which was 
> drought-y. We're going for a house with land of which at least part 
> gets decent drainage, and I'll be trying again with it there if the 
> loan comes through, likely from a nearby organic seller whom I 
> particularly like. My Laurel has an entire bed of rosemary outside 
> her side door, and she lives in eastern TN.
> 
> >
> >> 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
> >
> Pinks, ime, like water. Drought and lack of care killed much of 
> mine out last growing season, and the cold seems to have done them 
> in the rest of the way. They may grow back from the roots, so I'm 
> letting the "dead" plant sit, for now, to give it that chance. 
> Currently, I've got little flat leaf parsley plants growing up 
> through the shelter that the dead plant has provided.
> 
> Has anyone had any problem with keeping tarragon indoors over the 
> winter? I'm finding that mine likes less sun than I initially 
> thought, but is developing some leaves that seem to be a lighter, 
> rather unhappy green than I like to see. With it being winter, and 
> having been so spindly in growth last year, I haven't had the heart 
> to harvest anything from it.
> 
> Margaret Northwode
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