George Shirley wrote:

> In your climate you should be able to plant the ginger in your flower
> beds or a pot and cut what you want when you want it. Of course you
> would have to water it frequently.
>
> I've been eyeballing the spot where we grew ginger last year but haven't
> seen it sprout yet, we had several hard freezes this past winter and it
> may have bit the dust. I know the lemon tree was hit hard but the
> kumquats weathered the freezes easily.

I tried growing some last summer. I was a little late getting it into
the ground, and I just stuck some chunks of ginger root in the ground.
They did not amount to much. I got a couple pieces about 3" long. I
will try again this year and plant it next to the stream.