[CynicalBear]

I'm in 7b but you can grow it where you are. It's not that fussy either. Likes good loamy soil and plenty of water but not soggy wet. I dig mine up because I use a lot of it but I've heard you can just leave some in the ground and mulch it during the winter and it will just regrow in the spring. It's like growing day lilies or something like that. The rhizomes just keep spreading. Also the second year it gets pretty flowers.

I started with just buying ginger from the grocery store and cutting it like you would when planting potatoes. You will see little "nodules" on the ginger. That is where the tops grow from. Make sure each peace has one or two of those when you plant them. Each piece I plant usually gives me about 1/2 lb of ginger or better.

[Mrs. Don-o]

This ginger-growing thing has me excited. I guess I'll have to wait til Spring. Or maybe I'll buy a root and try to get it started in a pot.

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I get these Ginger Honey Crystals from "Prince of Peace" (Prince of Peace..... Made in China..... Has a Proverb on the packaging. Hmm.)

I'm thinking I could make some strong ginger tea with these crystals (real ginger+honey+sugar) and then mix it half and half with seltzer water.

This has turned into an auspicious Sunday morning. I thank you, CB. And my arthritic left knee thanks you.