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- From: langston@langston.cs.utk.edu (Mike Langston)
- Newsgroups: rec.gardens
- Subject: Re: If you could only plant one thing
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 18:00:05 GMT
- Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Tennessee
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- References: <1993Jan19.135904.7354@mcc.com> <1993Jan20.173147.7652@telerama.pgh.pa.us>
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- Keywords: collard greens are nice too
-
- a contributor asks an easy question:
- >If you happened to live in a virtual-zone 4 place, with cruddy soil
- >(but willing to amend it to some degree) with sunny and shady parts,
- >what would you grow?
-
- mark breland incorrectly responds:
- > Why...peppers of course! ;)
-
- kristen mcquillin compounds the error:
- > Not me, I'd plant thyme. I love the scent and use it in food, soap,
- > and other herbal things.
-
- mark and kristen have obviously forgotten about okra -- if you can
- only grow one thing, then okra just has to be it -- you may need a
- mini greenhouse over that cold zone 4 clay, but no expense is too
- great for fresh okra
-
- kristen continues:
- > If I could plant two things, the second would be lavender.
-
- oops, kristen has overlooked the clear choice: black-eyed peas
- (to stew with the okra, or course)
-
- --
- mike langston <langston@cs.utk.edu>
- department of computer science, university of tennessee
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