...My friend and I will be up your way in August to visit the Herb Gardens and the Exotic Fruit Tree Nurseries (Actually we are going to Vista, but I believe that's near you). I had thought that I wanted a Papaya Tree and a Mango tree but after reading about the conditions needed to grow those two fruits, I opted for the Guava instead.
Last night, after searching for months, I was finally able to find some tarragon at the Home Depot store.
I hope to be able to pick up some valerian and other hard to find herbs while in Vista...
Hi Jenois,
Hopefully this will work this time--I typed out my whole reply a few minutes ago, but when I hit send, it disappeared!
I have lived in South Carolina since October 1996, but I am from Vista (born in San Diego, but moved to Vista when I was almost 15, and it is home to me). We used to get phone calls all the time from people trying to get ahold of one of the exotic plant nurseries in Vista (our numbers were similar). I'm sure you will find a lot of nice plants there. We lived near a couple of the exotic plant nurseries. One, a few blocks from us, grew Bird of Paradise. I loved going by there.
I was in Vista a few months ago to see my family. Babetoo and I made plans to meet, but because of unchangeable plans on both our parts, we had to postpone until my next visit out there. It would be neat if you two could get together for lunch or something!
Have you been to Vista before? If you have any questions about the area, feel free to PM me. If I don't know the answers (a lot has changed since I left!), I can call my daughter, who still lives there.
Welcome to DC! If you haven't already gotten your official welcome from me (our Welcome Letter), you will get it later today.
Barbara
P.S. One of my favorite radio stations, when I lived in Vista, was an oldies station in the Inland Empire. I can't remember the name, and they may have changed, but they had the best mix of oldies!
