I have an over abundance of seeds, I am going to update my list today and if you see anything you want lmk. also belated b/day! what I would like from your list is beets( any one of them is fine) Broccoli, Clemitis, Kale,raddish(the red kind), spinach,turnup(purple top) Okra, clemetis,

Chiman... here you go! This is by no means a complete list... ; ) Albanian Koriandër e kultivuar Amharic Dimbilal Arabic Kuzbara, Kazbarah Armenian Kinj Bengali Dhoney Bulgarian Koriandur Burmese Nan nan zee (fruits), Nan nan bin (herb), Naunau Catalan Celià ndria, Coriandre Chinese Yan Shi, Fan Yan Sui, Yuen sai, Wan-Swee, heong choy(herb), Hu sui (fruits) Croatian Korijandar Czech Koriandr Danish Coriander Dutch Ketoembar, Koriander English Coriander, Chinese parsley, Indian parsley (herb) Esperanto Koriandro Estonian Aedkoriander, Koriander Farsi Geshniz Finnish Korianteri French Coriandre, Punaise mâle, Persil arabe Gaelic Coireiman, Lus a choire Georgian Khinji German Koriander, Wanzenkümmel, Chinesische Petersilie, Indische Petersilie (herb) Greek ?????????, ?????????, ?????????  Koliandro, Koriantro, Koriandro Gujrati Dhane, Dhana (fruits), Kothmir (herb) Hebrew Gad, Kusbara Hindi Dhania , dhanya(fruits), Hara dhania (herb) Hungarian Koriander, Cigánypetrezselyem, Beléndf?, Zergef? Icelandic Kóríander Indonesian Ketumbar (fruits), Daun ketumbar (herb) Italian Coriandolo Japanese Koyendoro, Koendoro (herb) Latvian Kinzas, Koriandrs Laotian hong pomn Lithuanian Kalendra Kannada Havija, Kambari Khmer Vannsui, Chi van-suy Laotian Phak hom pom, phak hom pam (herb) Malay Ketumbar (fruits), Daun ketumbar, Wansui (herb), Penjilang Malayalam Kottamalli Marathi Dhanya, Dhane (fruits), Kothimbir (herb) Norwegian Koriander Pahlawi Gishniiz Pashto Gashneez Polish Kolendra siewna Portuguese Coentro Romanian Coriandru Russian Kinza, Kishnets (herb); Koriandr (fruits) Sanskrit Dhaniyaka, Kustumburi Singhalese Kotthamallie Slovak Koriander Slovenian Koriander Spanish Coriandro, Cilantro, Cilandrio, Culantro Swahili Giligilani Swedish Koriander Tagalog Kulantro, Unsuey, Wansuey, Uan-soi (herb) Tamil Kothamalli Telugu Dhaniyalu, Kotimiri Thai Pak chi met, Phak hom, Phak Cheethai (herb), Mellet pak chi (fruits) Tibetan Sona pentsom, So na pad tshom Turkish Ki?ni?, Ki?nic Ukrainian Koriandr posyvnyj Urdu Dhania Vietnamese Mui, Ngo, Ngo ta, Ngò Rí(herb) For more on the etymology of the word, see these websites: Spice Dictionary (Scroll Down to Etymology) More

Coriander will self-seed readily. (Usually when you see this, it means the seeds need light to germinate, and that they need to be sown very shallow, or not covered at all.) Sow seed in spring in situ (where you want them to grow) - seedlings do not transplant well. The 'seeds' are technically the fruit, each containing 2 true seeds. Germination can be improved by rubbing the fruits until the 2 seeds separate. Soak the seeks for 3-4 days, changing the water twice daily, then dry the seeds for 8 hours before planting. Sow seeds about 5mm deep. Some people recommend washing the seeds in dishwashing detergent and water, rinsing, then patting dry, before planting. Coriander doesn't really do too well in warmer weather, in fact, the hotter is gets, the faster it will bolt to seed (I don't think the so-called 'slow-bolting' types are all that much slower, actually!). Try keeping your coriander in partial shade to help slow down the bolting process. And sow successive crops every couple of weeks, to ensure a continuing supply of leaves. You may also slow things down by shearing the plant down to within about 5cm of the ground and let it grow up again for another crop of leaves - I've never had much success with this, but then I'm in a hot climate. Coriander doesn't like humidity either, so keep it in a place which has good air circulation. Once the leaves begin to turn feathery, allow the plant to go to seed, so you'll have a good supply of seeds for the next try.

Islay -- those sound delicious. I love avocado. Pricey here, unfortunately. Sleevendog, so do you think it is the same variety? I have "Siam Queen" seeds, but I also think that is the name of the Thai Basil plants I've bought at nurseries and at W-m store. One of my neighbors just planted a pretty raised bed kit (I helped her). It is up on a cement terrace, away from marauding rabbits and woodchucks. She filled it with alternating layers of potting mix and bagged manure. It's been watered regularly, and the plants are packed in there (3' Sq box). Jeepers! I bet that anything will take off in that stuff. My soil is LEAN. I compost, but haven't added it to my garden beds for a while. My "garden" was (I didn't know when I dug it) an extra leech field or something. But the house was built in the woods on a slope and the excavator (I could ring his neck, but he's no longer with us), pushed the nice woodland top soil onto an adjacent parcel (that he bought <g>) and so the house lot/yard were pretty much gravel fill. There were piles of pond excavated "loam" here and there when we moved. A smart fellow with a small dozer spread the loam around for us, but it was not screened and there was only enough to give about 4" of topsoil. So I added feed bags full of horse manure, peat, forest soil and house/garden compost and leaves and clippings over the years. It must have helped because I at least have some worms in the soil and the structure is better than gravel <wan smirk>. But we are in the woods, so our place gets a lot of shade throughout the day. Nice for staying cool, but most plants want more light. I've planted cilantro roots from the store and as well as the ends of green onions. I've even planted punky Asian Shallots. A red onion too. The cilantro didn't work very well, too woody. Your idea to keep planting is it good. I'm short on space. I think I'm going to try to find a way to ELEVATE raised bed kits off the ground away from woodchucks and rabbits. To TEXAS new comer to thread: I have never tried jicama or fish tacos, but they sound delicious. (I've I've got the wrong thread, ignore. I have to work between mobile phone, PC and too much to do.)