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- From: Bob Klebba <nicmad!klebba%astroatc.uucp@spool.cs.wisc.edu>
- Subject: Re: If you could only plant one thing this spr
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.041155.10977@nicmad.uucp>
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- References: <1993Jan20.173147.7652@telerama.pgh.pa.us>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 04:11:55 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan20.173147.7652@telerama.pgh.pa.us> Kristen McQuillin,
- kristen@telerama.pgh.pa.us writes:
- >: >If you happened to live in a virtual-zone 4 place, with cruddy soil
- >
- >Not me, I'd plant thyme. I love the scent and use it in food, soap,
- >and other herbal things. If I could plant two things, the second would
- >be lavender.
-
- Of all the thymes, mother of thyme seems to fair zone 4 winters the best,
- but they all give up eventually. Same with English lavender, they give
- up when they're older. I've never had a plant more than 3 seasons.
-
- Nevertheless, I continue to grow lavender and thyme. I'm just always
- replanting and hoping the snow cover persists next winter. . . .
-
- Bob Klebba
- Madison, Wisconsin, USDA zone 4
- Inet: nicmad!klebba%astroatc.uucp@spool.cs.wisc.edu
- "Feed the soil, not the plant"
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