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On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 22:10:51 -0500, "modom (palindrome guy)"
<moc.etoyok@modom> wrote:

>On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:25:39 -0500, notbob > wrote:
>
>>On 2006-08-13, bizbee > wrote:
>>
>>> hit the nursery, you can probably pick up a 6" pot of sage for less
>>> than that little bottle, and just take it home and harvest it.

>>
>>eggszactly what I was thinking, biz. I so need to get some kinda herb
>>garden going, even if it's just a planter. I'm also sick of throwing
>>out half a bunch of fridge-slimed cilantro cuz I burnt out on pico de
>>gallo or fajitas half way through.
>>
>>nb

>
>I'm not very knowledgable of your climate (Bay Area, right?), but I've
>found that here in Texas, cilantro is a winter herb. It bolts almost
>immediately in the heat of our summers. I grow it in the winter.
>People who grow it over the summers here have sold their souls to
>Satan. Or so I believe.


Oooo. Good tip. I've tried growing cilantro and dill, and they both
bolt. I'll give it a go when the weather cools.

In November.

TammyM, Sacramento "girl"