Joy Oasis

Chris Gilbert wrote:I tried cardboard this year and I would never do that again! I'll useild sheets and at the end of the season, I'll rinse them off real good, launder them,and use them again the next year....if it works.

Why do you need to wash them or pick them up between seasons?

Jen Fulkerson wrote:I think I may try to get a few cotton sheets at the thrift store and see if it works, and  how long will it last before if breaks down. It will be an interesting experiment.

How did it go?

Cameron Green wrote:

Thank you so much for this information. I made my purchase!

Fun, then we can share our growing experience here! I also got perenial Tindora cucumber, so these ytwo will be new vines for me this year.

I am wondering if anyone tried eating underground roots, people said that they taste better than air ones from the same plant. Some countries call air bulbits seed yams as they use them to plant and eat underground part.

Cameron Green wrote:I am interested in trying an edible variety that will be left in my greenhouse in 7 B.  Please contact me if anyone has them available for sale or barter.  Thank you.

GoodGardens on etsy i still selling angular variety. I just got them in the mail and they look beautiful, I will wait until March to plant them. I wonder if gophers eat them as we have some.

If your herbs are completely dry, it is best to keep them in the airtight container as oxygen degrades herbs faster. But if you are not completely sure, then cloth or paper would allow moisture to continue evaporating.

Thank you. Very interesting. I guess I am a lucky 50 percent that Jamaican Dogwood helps. I used it in combination with other herbs for the migraines in tincture form and felt it was very useful in stopping the attack.

Thank you, Judith, for your answer. I think we dig either in the fall or next spring before stem comes up. In my zone 10 though I wouldn't wait until spring as they might start shooting the stem up earlier due to no real winter.

Do they grow very slow at first? My seem to be lagging even though they sprouted quite fast.

Very nice! I amuses me that scientists keep thinking where animal has learned this behavior. Their forget intuition part.