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RE: Veggie-Land

Dear Christina 
May I have some loofa seeds too? I think it just might grow in sunny 
Okalhoma!
Ruth
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>>>>>>ends up with little white flowers 
>
>Hmm, the one I have has clusters of yellow flowers, kinda looks like
>yarrow flowers but they have a very short life.  The loofa is really
>cool, I have 4 little babies right now on 2 different vines and they
>look like little birdhouse gourds.  When they are ready you just boil
>the skin off, dry it for a day or so and that's it!  Perhaps I can 
share
>some of my seeds with you when they are ready.  I am definantly going 
in
>search of a coriander plant this weekend, it sounds wonderful.  My
>stomach is now growling up a storm.  =o]
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>>From: 	Christina[SMTP:chtripp@connect1.reach.net]
>>Sent: 	Friday, August 14, 1998 4:47 AM
>>To: 	veggie-list@eskimo.com
>>Subject: 	Re: Veggie-Land
>>
>>Your 'curry-plant' is likely coriander.  It grows 2-3 feet, is 
feathery,
>>looks like parsley at first, nad ends up with little white flowers 
(OK,
>>probably dozens of herbs have small white flowers)  I grow coriander, 
too,
>>and it does smell exactly like curry, because it's the main component 
of
>>typical grocery store 'curry powder'.  Coriander is great used fresh 
in
>>salads, esp combo cereal and veg salads ie. rice and tomatoes and 
cucumber,
>>or barley and corn and peppers.
>>Your garden sounds fascinating; I'd love to see a loofa 
plant....they're
>>great in the tub.  How long do they take to dry?
>>Christina
>>Carrying Place, Southern Ontario, zone 5/6
>>
>>At 08:43 AM 12/08/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>>Hello from San Jose California!  South, San Francisco bay.
>>>Zone 9 -- Where the best garlic in the world is grown.
>>>I'm Geralyn and my garden includes..........
>>>Curry plants, (These are so neat & fragrant, But I have no idea what 
to
>>>do with them, I was told that curry is a blend of many spices, but my
>>>plants smell just like it????)
>>>pumpkins,
>>>eggplants,
>>>celery,
>>>corn,
>>>loofa sponges,
>>>peanuts,
>>>cannibus sativa, 
>>>henna, (well -- I killed it)
>>>spagetti squash
>>>cucumbers,
>>>lettuce, etc.
>>>tons of herbs (Dill, lambs ear, yarrow, comfrey, just to name a few)
>>
>>
>>
>>
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