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Posted: Jan 17th, 2007 02:20 am |
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| The Farmers Market on Sandy Ridge has lots and lots of herbs and even a couple of times a year a herb festival. Excellent prices too. Also you can wave to your friends who are watching you on the cam thingy.
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Cracker Jax
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Posted: Jan 17th, 2007 01:51 pm |
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You're right Jim..... New Garden has a very nice selection of herbs if you hit them at the right time, and Home Depot has most of the ordinary ones, but for something different I'd check out the herb sale at the Greek Church.
For instance, if you're looking for mint, locally you'll usually find peppermint, and if you're lucky, spearmint or catmint. At herb sales I've found others as well..... banana mint, pineapple mint, apple mint, basil mint, chocolate mint, orange mint, crinkle leafed varieties of various mints and now I'm starting to sound like Forest Gump....
The same can be said for other herbs such as thyme or basil... there are just TONS of varieties of each of them that can't be found at local nurseries.
Anyway, I think herbs are fun!!!! I'm not gonna worry about it until spring though cause I'm busy worrying about all this SNOW we're gonna be getting!!! YAY!
Jane let me know when they have the sale at the farmer's market! I've never been to one out there!!!! I'll be sure to wave! 
Last edited on Jan 17th, 2007 01:52 pm by Cracker Jax
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Posted: Jan 18th, 2007 09:08 am |
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Posted: Jan 31st, 2007 04:16 pm |
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I know this topic is supposed to be about plants we like, but the mere mention of mint (how do you like that alliteration?) practically sends cold shivers down my spine. Don't get me wrong -- I really do like mint. I just didn't know a few years ago when I started my little kitchen herb garden how incredible INVASIVE that stuff can be.
Before I knew it, it had taken over my little herb garden and my whole natural area. Then it started growing out into the grass. You could pull it up, but anywhere you left one of those little roots, a new sprig would grow. Before long, I found myself spraying Roundup whenever I saw a sprig growing.
I finally killed it!!  But it's taken me years to get over the trauma.
Here's my sage (a nice little "stay-put" herb) advice: Plant your mint in a pot.
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Posted: Jan 31st, 2007 07:38 pm |
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S. Smith wrote:
Here's my sage (a nice little "stay-put" herb) advice: Plant your mint in a pot.
-or in a Mojito.
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Posted: Jan 31st, 2007 08:08 pm |
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bama80 wrote: S. Smith wrote:
Here's my sage (a nice little "stay-put" herb) advice: Plant your mint in a pot.
-or in a Mojito.
LOL Bama!!!!! 
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Posted: Jan 31st, 2007 08:27 pm |
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bama80 wrote: S. Smith wrote:
Here's my sage (a nice little "stay-put" herb) advice: Plant your mint in a pot.
-or in a Mojito.
Thank you, bartender bama. Are you mixing?
Oops. I'll "off topic" myself.
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Posted: Feb 19th, 2007 12:50 am |
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| Last Spring I stopped by the Orchid Farm (in the Seagrove Pottery area) and bought an orchid whose name escapes me. It has resided faithfully on a table near the window for about a year, not blooming, not growing, not passing on, just sitting there making me feel guilty. I water it when itl gets dry and gave it some orchid food a couple of times. What must I do to bring a little happiness into its life?
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Posted: Feb 19th, 2007 03:15 pm |
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Starcatchr,
I don't have much success with orchids either but some of my family in Maryland do. They claim that orchids like high humidity so they sit the pots on top of a large flat tray filled with stones and water. They also spray theirs with water mist once or twice a day. Once every three weeks or so my sister runs a lot of lukewarm water through each pot. I have not kept up with all this which is probably why I haven't had her success. I'd love to know if you figure something out that works for you.
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DOGGETTJA
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Posted: Feb 19th, 2007 10:00 pm |
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The other thing I heard about orchids is there is basically only one variety that amateurs should try to grow and since I can never remember what the variety is I have stopped trying. Although I am impressed yours is still alive. I pretty quickly killed the ones I have bought. Alive is good. At least you have something to work with.
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Posted: Feb 19th, 2007 10:24 pm |
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| Uh-Oh, any plant that needs attention twice a day (misting) needs another home. Thanks for the info, though. The lukewarm soaking sounds like something I could do every three weeks. I'm going to feed this baby one more time and see if it can get off its laurels and bloom. Or, at least, LEAF! I'll send an update in a few weeks. Thanks again for the answer.
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Posted: Feb 19th, 2007 11:19 pm |
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I suspect the variety you are refering is called Phalenopsis. By reputation it is the easiest but like I said, I haven't been able to keep this one alive for long either. I have had more success with African Violets but one can kill them too without too much effort.
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Posted: Feb 20th, 2007 12:05 am |
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| Oh Scott that is funny about African Violets. I bought one the other day that was blooming and told my husband I figured I could keep it alive until spring got here and the real flowers bloomed.
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Posted: Feb 21st, 2007 07:58 pm |
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| I used to have an elderly lady neighbor who loved to garden. Each spring after it got warm, she would actually take her African violets outside and plant them in the yard. She would make sure they had plenty of mulch around them and keep them fertilized and from gettng too dry. They would grow beautifully there until it started to cool off. Then she'd repot them and bring them back in the house for the winter. I had never heard of this before.
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Posted: Feb 22nd, 2007 02:26 am |
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| Sandra Did the violets bloom planted outside? I might try that this year assuming my poor little Lowes Violet makes it til then.
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