Yes, you can grow rosemary from cuttings and it should do well there, considering that the one Deb has is the size of a Buick. Your best bet is raised beds, which you can make simply by piling on extra soil or by edging the beds with anything you can get cheap like scrap wood and broken concrete. One friend used beer bottles with the tops stuck in the ground. Your main concern in amending the soil is organic matter. Here a soil amendment that's made from ground up pine bark works well and is reasonably priced, but you may be able to get free compost from the city or there may be some other agricultural product available there. Compost or other organic matter will help the sand hold water.
Big stop just to renew your license to companion. Can I use companion as a verb?
Wash ,'Ariel'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
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Ginger - Jun 07, 2010 3:14:59 pm PDT #21636 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Volans - Jun 07, 2010 3:22:18 pm PDT #21637 of 30000
move out and draw fire
JZ, add humus or see if the city will give you compost. This isn't a bad overview on amending soil: [link]
My stepmother-in-law on the other side of the bay has an amazing backyard garden, mostly edibles. Along with rosemary, she has sage, nasturtium, sweet peas, and things that seem to grow anywhere, like tomato and squash.
I'd bet hechura and hostas would grow there also.
beth b - Jun 07, 2010 3:23:36 pm PDT #21638 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I also know there is a San Francisco tomato --bred to grow in the fog.
Parsley cilantro worth trying. Lots of grasses will grow
I'd try thyme too
3 tasks down 4 added
That's why I put off doing tasks -- I see other things that have to be done. Now.
javachik - Jun 07, 2010 3:24:51 pm PDT #21639 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I think the inner sunset gets more sun than I did in San Bruno.
I'd never heard of hummus used in gardens--good idea! What about coffee grinds?
amych - Jun 07, 2010 3:28:54 pm PDT #21640 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Humus as in topsoil, not hummus as in chickpea puree! Although I can attest that the latter is extra-tasty when eaten in the garden.
Cass - Jun 07, 2010 3:30:49 pm PDT #21641 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Humus not hummus, hee. Though I will admit I read it that way too (THREE TIMES) and thought, but ewwww, it will decompose.
javachik - Jun 07, 2010 3:30:51 pm PDT #21642 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Oh!! BWAH. I am an idiot!
Hil R. - Jun 07, 2010 3:37:27 pm PDT #21643 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Dancing on couch not making me less stressed.
I called my mom and talked to her for a little while. Feeling a little better.
I wonder if I can play Rock Band drums with my left foot on the pedal, or if it would get too frustrating to have the beat on the wrong side.
Strix - Jun 07, 2010 4:07:15 pm PDT #21644 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Hil, what about one of those tap-tap games? I also find shooting zombies quite soothing.
Hil R. - Jun 07, 2010 4:09:02 pm PDT #21645 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'll try left-footed Rock Band tomorrow. I'm a bit too likely to get too frustrated with it tonight.