Stevia Surprised Me!!

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I live in an apartment, so I do my gardening at my son's in town. I went over to

his place to weed several weeks ago, and I pulled up some things that looked

like plan ol' garden variety weeds to me, yanking them up. I forgot I had

planted Stevia the year before, knew they were only annuals, I live in Wisconsin

(where the winters are too hard for them to survive), and frankly was not

thinking with a " full deck " that day. Just wanted the weeds out of the way.

When we went to the local greenhouse over Mother's Day to pick out new starts

for veggies etc, I showed my son Stevia plants, as he had heard about Stevia,

wondering what it looked and tasted like. Then it dawned on me.....yikes, I had

been pulling Stevia! Groan! I did not realize it would re-seed like that.

Thought I had to get new seeds every year. I had used Park Seeds variety from

Israel.

So, I am starting new seeds, and this time will not yank them out in the spring.

It is a fun plant for kids, and a healthy natural sweetener.

Fortunately, I did not yank the Borage start-ups, as I did recognize them. They

re-seed also. Their leaves are very healthy in a tea, and they are so pretty

when they flower.

Never too old to learn, and learning I am!

Have a great week everyone! Phyllis