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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!
  

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[cwendy41.livejournal.com]

Maybe not enough sunlight? I don't remember.

My oregano would grow really well but every year around August, bugs start eating its leaves (I leave my plants outside). They started eating the tomato and strawberry plants too. They didn't do any damage to the rosemary plant. The basil died before it got eaten by bugs.

[triath.livejournal.com]

I don't know where you live, but when I was in the SoCal desert, slugs & bugs ate my basil to the ground. I tried many things to dissuade them, with no luck.

However, here in Washington, my basil plant flourished into a huge bush and I couldn't use even a small fraction.