BRING HERBS INDOORS TO SPICE UP YOUR WINTER SPORTS FINAL Edition

• Published in: Chicago tribune (1963)
• Main Author: Levine, Charles A
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, Ill Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 03.01.1986
• ISSN: 1085-6706

But the arrival of winter needn't mean an end to the use of fresh herbs. Many of those most commonly used, such as chives, parsley, rosemary, mint, sage and myriad others, adapt quite well to being grown indoors, provided they get enough light. In addition to their usefulness in cooking, herbs are highly ornamental. Several varieties of the common garden sage, for example, have highly exotic foliage. The tricolor sage (Salvia officinalis 'Tricolor') has leaves highlighted with pink, white and gray. Indoor light gardening has become so popular that several indoor light gardening societies have sprung up in the Chicago area. These include the local chapter of the Indoor Light Gardening Society of America, 3625 McCormick Ave., Brookfield, 60513; the Lake Michigan Lights, 1217 Forest Ave., Evanston 60202; and the Windy City Rebels, 5944 S. Francisco Ave., Chicago 60629. The national headquarters can be contacted by writing: Indoor Light Gardening Society of America Inc., in care of Diane Wagner, Rt. 5, Box 76, East Stroudsburg, Pa., 18301 (annual dues, $5). The society publishes an excellent magazine, "Light Garden," for artificial light gardeners. A far larger selection of exotic herbs is available through the mail. Most companies will send plants yet this fall. A partial list of sources include such fine establishments as Halcyon Garden Herbs (seeds only), P.O. Box 124-M, Gisbonia, Pa., 15044; Hilltop Herb Farm, P.O. Box 1734, Cleveland, Tex., 77327; Lost Prairie Herb Farm, Marion, Mont., 59925; Meadowbrook Herb Garden, Wyoming, R.I., 02898; Sunnybrook Herb Farm, May Field Road, Chesterland, Ohio, 44026; Taylors Herb Garden, 1535 Lone Oak Rd., Vista, Calif., 92083; Well-Sweep Herb Farm, 317 Mt. Bethel Rd., Port Murray, N.Y., 07865.