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Originally Posted by missmacabre
Tomatoes do really well with the climate here. I've done regular and cherry tomatoes in the garden. We used to do green and yellow beans but the rabbits that live under our shed got into them too much. About 2 years ago I sectioned off a corner of the garden for herbs. We had chives, lemon balm, mint, chamomile, oregano, parsley, dill and a little bit of lavendar that is now gone because I got an aweful rash whenever I gardened near it.
The lemon balm, mint and chamomile were my favourites because I could brew a nice decaf tea and know exactly what went in to it. Would love to grow and play around with bergamont, and actual tea leaves. Don't thinks it's warm enough our side to do this though, so I am going to look into hydroponics and if it's possible to grow tea indoors.
Also next year I am going to plant louffas. Like the bath time louffa. They are not a sponge but actually a plant, kinda like a squash.
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I can gaurentee you'll grow a better tea indoors, it just gives you such better control over all the random factors, nutrients, bugs, temp., humidity. A DIY indoor growroom can be built fairly cheeply using CFL's from your local hardware store. Just promise me you won't get caught up in the crap you can read online, know the plant and everything else is common sense.
@Cheebacheeba: He who hesitates is lost.
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Last edited by milktoaste; 05-30-2009 at 09:55 PM.
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