Subject: Re: [Homestead] Big basil and other features of a hot climate
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 23:15:14 -0800
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Rob wrote:
A year round growing season, I just can't imagine it.
***I can imagine it, sort of. I really miss living on the coast where we
had maybe a week of light frost and could grow a garden all year. Herbs
were fine outside, cherry tomatoes grew in pots on the porch and we simply
made them little plastic tents.
I'm having a hard time readjusting my gardening "think" to a very short
growing season. Keep making mistakes because of too many years of not
having to think about weird things like snow <g> the last of which came this
year in June!
However, I persevere and we've adapted our herb garden to be portable and at
the first hint that there might be frost, in it comes. DH built extended
window sills just for the plants in the two kitchen windows. I mean, how
can you live with an Italian and not have fresh basil and oregano for a
marinara? <g>