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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

william Eggers wrote:
> Try turmeric.

I can hardly stock enough of it.  Jeannie also takes that and it comes
highly recommended by a lot of folks. Wiki has an excellent article on
some of the uses and research involving turmeric.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turmeric

I do have two large containers of different curries, so I suppose I 
could do that, but while I like curry, I can't imagine taking it every 
day.

It would be great to grow it.  I checked and I see that it might be 
possible here.  It's tropical, so I might have to take special 
precautions, but it might be possible.
http://www.urbanharvest.org/advice/othergardening/ginger_galangal.htm
That page suggests that the gingers can be grown in Houston, and seeing 
that it is the ginger family gives me a bit of hope, because I have kept 
a ginger plant alive in a large pot here, but only in the greenhouse.
I think it would be worth a try, especially if global warming continues 
it's trend<g>.

B



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