Do you grow your own herbs?

[Mrs. Chipotle]

I have a little garden in the backyard where I have grown herbs for a few years now. It's pretty overgrown though; I am bad about taking care of it. I do have some chives, rosemary and mint.

What I really should do is plant some herbs in pots so they don't go so crazy.

[Mama Mangia]

That's what I do. The pots are so much easier! I have a couple that I call "flying saucers" that are about 3 feet wide and only about 8 inches deep and those are great for parsley. I cut it down and it keeps growing so I have plenty of parsley for the freezer and plenty more to dry. Basil goes into regular clay pots and dill and oregano go into the larger, deeper pots. This year I am going to try garlic again. I tried it about 15 years ago but shortly after planting it we had to throw away the dirt in the crocks because of a train derailment and chemicals released in the air. I had to get rid of all my good dirt that I had in my pots after that.

[Traciray]

Nope, I don't have a green thumb at all. So I'm a slave to buying them at my local farmers market.

[r8rpwr]

I am not so good at growing anything green (flowers, plants, veggies, herbs, you name it). However, I need to give it another try. Herbs are expensive at the store and it seems like I never use up the package. I hate wasting them.

[Mama Mangia]

I never thought I would be able to grow herbs. My first attempt was with parsley. I bought a pack of seeds and because I didn't know how successful I would be, I dumpled them in a large flower pot. This way if they didn't grow or if I did something wrong I could always buy a floral plant and plant it in place of parslry.

To my surprise - I had parsley. And it looked as if I had known what I was doing - LOL! To use it, I would cut it down and to my surprise it grew right back. That year I had quite a bit of parsley and it gave me the confidence I needed to grown basil, dill, chives, etc.

If anyone wanted to try growing their own - I would suggest starting with parsley - it was very easy.

[r8rpwr]

Actually, I have grown some chocolate mint. A friend gave us a snippet of one of their plants and it just took off. Mint grows like a weed! It's everywhere now.

[Kaabi]

I've never fancied mint, but if it really grows so much, maybe you could try selling some of it, and eating the surplus.

[TexasRose]

I use a ton of basil, so I grow that myself. I also have some parsley.

[GregGraves]

When I was a kid, I grew parsley for the monarch butterflies to munch on as caterpillers. They love it. I'm always amazed with those creatures. For something that looks like a bug, they know how to navigate, get across huge bodies of water, and deal with the wind.

Back to the question though, I used to grow my own herbs, but can't do it where I live now as it's too dry.

[alice.b.toklas]

My father always had a garden and would grow mint, thyme, oregano, tomatos, and cukes. Mint it one of those plants that makes you feel good when gardening because it just grows. Thyme is pretty forgiving too.

I don't have time to garden, but I love fresh herbs. They are awful costly at the grocer. I might need to try my hand a a couple herbs next spring and see how I do as a gardener.