"mm" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> On Feb 19, 7:00 pm, "Janet B." > wrote:
>> "mm" > wrote in message
>>
>> ps.com...> On Feb 19,
>> 11:53 am, Steve Y > wrote:
>> >> I still have a pot of basil on our windowsill from last year. It was
>> >> shop bought but has survived being in a NE facing window in a room
>> >> that
>> >> will have gone from -2/3 C to +20C depending on time of day, outside
>> >> temp and whether or not the woodburner has been going. It is still
>> >> growing nice leaves. All we have done is to water it every 3rd or 4th
>> >> day and to pick off the flowers.
>>
>> >> Steve
>>
>> > So you bought the plant? I don't think I can get the plant here unless
>> > I go to special places. I am not into gardening and wouldn't eve know
>> > where to go. Can I buy it online?
>>
>> Buy the basil seeds. There are a dozen or more enticing types to choose
>> from. It's easy to start from seed and the seeds are inexpensive.
>> Janet
>
> I had done that once in the city I was living before. At the time, I
> didn't know enough to use in cooking. It was my first time ever gowing
> a plant.
>
> In this city, I haven't come across the seeds I want: Thai Basil.
>
> I'll try to get a hold of the seeds.
>

This is what the rest of us do.
http://www.nicholsgardennursery.com/
http://www.burpee.com/
http://www.parkseed.com/webapp/wcs/s...mainPage=page1