Debbie - find an Asian market near your house and offer to sell them bunches
of it - I did that in Manhattan with the mint that I grew in Riverside
Park - I actually made the little bunches for them (used rubber bands) and
they paid me and then SOLD them.
karen,nj
swaine
blocked
> to blanch them) and Flowering chives (THEY are the ones with the buds on
> them, and the most expensive of all of these).... the last paragraph on
> this section reads: "Flowering chives should not be confused with larger
> flowering garlic stalks, sometimes called 'garlic chives'. :o) Confused
yet?
> Chinese LEEKS are Allium ramosum, not "our" A.porrum... the author says
when
> these show up at Asian veggie stands in the spring (thin, lovely leeks)
they
> should not be passed up.
> I like this book and take it with me to the Hong Kong Supermarket... some
> folks are amused, but some think it's great, and it helps... not to
mention
Good idea...I have a friend who rents to Chinese students and I know they go
to a market down in Newport News...
-----Original Message-----
From: Gardens & Gardening [mailto:GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU] On Behalf Of swaine
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 8:12 AM
To: GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: Re: Solution to the weedy garlic chives, was Alliums galore,
was Thyme seeds, planting garlic
Debbie - find an Asian market near your house and offer to sell them bunches
of it - I did that in Manhattan with the mint that I grew in Riverside
Park - I actually made the little bunches for them (used rubber bands) and
they paid me and then SOLD them.
karen,nj
swaine
blocked
> to blanch them) and Flowering chives (THEY are the ones with the buds on
> them, and the most expensive of all of these).... the last paragraph on
> this section reads: "Flowering chives should not be confused with larger
> flowering garlic stalks, sometimes called 'garlic chives'. :o) Confused
yet?
> Chinese LEEKS are Allium ramosum, not "our" A.porrum... the author says
when
> these show up at Asian veggie stands in the spring (thin, lovely leeks)
they
> should not be passed up.
> I like this book and take it with me to the Hong Kong Supermarket... some
> folks are amused, but some think it's great, and it helps... not to
mention
There you go! Next thing you'll be starting an Asian veggie stand out on
the road side...
karen, nj
Thyme seeds, planting garlic
> Good idea...I have a friend who rents to Chinese students and I know they
go
> to a market down in Newport News...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gardens & Gardening [mailto:GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU] On Behalf Of
swaine
> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 8:12 AM
> To: GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU
> Subject: Re: Solution to the weedy garlic chives, was Alliums
galore,
> was Thyme seeds, planting garlic
> Debbie - find an Asian market near your house and offer to sell them
bunches
over
> 12" in length, looking like a grown up chive. However, the one I was
> thinking of is - according to this book - Allium tuberosum, ("not to be
> confused with the European chive, A. schoenoprasum"). There are 3
types:
> Chinese chives (4' long!), Yellow chives (smaller, grown with light
> blocked
> to blanch them) and Flowering chives (THEY are the ones with the buds
on
> them, and the most expensive of all of these).... the last paragraph
on
some
Lord, I hope it won't come to that...
-----Original Message-----
From: Gardens & Gardening [mailto:GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU] On Behalf Of swaine
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 11:04 AM
To: GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: Re: Solution to the weedy garlic chives, was Alliums galore,
was Thyme seeds, planting garlic
There you go! Next thing you'll be starting an Asian veggie stand out on
the road side...
karen, nj
