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[coraa]

Things I want to do, hobby-wise:

• Garden. It's the wrong season to be putting plants out, since it does get cold in Seattle, but I'd like to get some indoor herbs in pots. I've bought basil and rosemary a few times, and I know I can grow those plants myself with little trouble -- and fresh herbs are expensive. (I'd also like to find some wintering-over plants to put in the porch box, since the porch looks a bit barren).
  
• Beads. I joined a Beads of the Month club, but I'd like to hit a hobby store and get some basic seed beads, wire, needlenose pliers, and findings. I used to do a lot of beading, but not so much anymore.
  
• Weaving or knitting. I was going to sign up for a class at this fiber store near the Ave, but I just missed the deadlines. Next round!
  

Comments

[clairebaxter.livejournal.com]

Rosemary should do just fine outside. Mine does. We also have sage, thyme, and mint growing in the ground outside. Basil is strictly summer or indoors, though.

[coraa.livejournal.com]

Good to know! I'll pick up some rosemary for sure, and mint (I should've thought of mint -- our problem was always getting it to stop trying to take over the garden; it never had any problem surviving), and thyme and sage are also good ideas. I use them frequently in cooking.

Basil is very summery. I'll keep it in mind for when I'm planting the front bed next spring, though.

[triath.livejournal.com]

I recommend keeping mint in a pot. Then it can grow like crazy without hurting anything else.

[coraa.livejournal.com]

Our spearmint and chocolate mint were pretty well-behaved, but we used to sink peppermint into the ground in a big terra cotta pot. Otherwise it would send huge tentacle-like runners all over the garden (and up onto the sidewalks, driveways, etc). Mint wants to take over the world, I swear.

[sithjawa.livejournal.com]

It just wants the world to smell minty-fresh!

The snails keep eating mine.

[clairebaxter.livejournal.com]

I can bring you rosemary.