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Default Growing herbs..... tips for a beginner

"tintalle" > wrote in message
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> Spring is a long way away still here on The Rock, but after seeing the
> icky slime they have been trying to pass off as fresh herbs at the
> grocery lately it's got me thinking about growing my own. Since we
> bought a house recently i will actually have some real dirt of my own
> to plant things in! I was thinking about setting up a small herb
> garden.
>
> The most i ever tried before was basil indoors, and it didn't thrive
> in my apartment. What would work well in a small plot outside, or
> even in a series of containers outside? Are there any that i could
> then take indoors and continue to nurse through the winter?


If you're pushed for space, don't bother with rosemary - you can get that
out of other people's gardens.

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