Hi, I'm looking for: Novak Super Dwarf Banana pups Savory (cuttings, rooted plants, seeds) - all varieties, winter, summer. Look at my trade list. I haven't had a chance to update for a while, so also please let me know if there's anything in particular you're interested in. Thanks! Grace

Here ya go I just did a search for the seed your wanting to plant I hope this helps ya. Sometimes searches work sometimes they dont. Its always nice to try it though. From what I gather you got to have the temp anywhere 65 to 70 for germination, I dont know how hot it is there but I am in nw tn and its already up in the mid 80's. Also since the plant blooms from july to september and germination takes 14 to 21 days, you may not have a seedling till july or later. With all that said if I was you, and this is just my opinion, I would save the seeed and maybe start to germinate it this winter. That way you will get better results and more use out of the seeds. Anywho enjoy the link, all I did to find this page was put in a search for "summer savory" Here is a link that might be useful: Summer Savory

Am responding to this very old post. In my Polish/Gernan/Russian heritage in northeastern North Dakota, everybody makes and loves a green bean soup that is dependent on savory as the primary seasoning. As a college student, I knew it only by the low German name used in our community. I located it in a grocery store by opening jars and sniffing until I found the correct one. The gardeners of my mom's generation let summer savory reseed in their gardens, controlling the amount by choosing how much to hoe out each spring. I tried transplanting some into my Minnesota garden multiple times as well as seeding fresh seed, to no avail. I finally found a couple winter savory plants in a garden center several years ago. I carefully guard that corner of my garden to make sure it doesn't get worked out by any overzealous family helper. I don't find this perennial variety so useful in fresh dishes, but fold a bunch into quarts of green beans when I can them. The flavor infuses the beans, making them convenient for our soup recipe in winter. I LOVE the smell of the soup simmering in the slow cooker throughout the day. In fact, I bought green beans at the local farmer's market today, planning to can them with the savory from my garden in preparation for winter meals.

I have been listening to a BBC adaptation of Edna O'Brien's Country Girls, the first one of a trilogy where we meet Cait and Baba growing up in a West of Ireland village in the 1950's. The book was banned in Ireland for being obscene and copies were burnt by the Church. From the descriptions of living with a brutal drunken father, to school with cold, sanctimonious nuns and then escape to Dublin where the girls meet endless undesirable men it proved to be rather a 'sad listen' but of course, very true of its time and setting . . . and easy to see why the macho Irish 'authorities' didn't enjoy the attention it gained. Below is a link to a rather wordy review of all three books which are in no way obscene. I believe O'Brien is no longer considered a pariah for telling the truth about the state of women's lives in Ireland. Country Girls