ALLL MY I was watering my herbs & guess what I found. ITS GROWING!!! I WAS SOOO PUMPED!!!!

Windora,

This is the time of year when you should start considering your herb garden. Right now I can see the heads of some of my plants starting to poke through. I basically clean out spaces at this time of year I want to start gardens in. The best way is to remove about 1 foot of soil and removing all root systems. Then replace with potting soil and a bit of peat and sand. The potting soil to peat and sand for an herb garden should be about 1/2 potting soil, 1/4 sand, 1/4 peat. Then you can start your herbs indoors in tunafish cans under a strong light source for the herbs you want by purchasing the seeds either at a hardware store or online. In about a month, or whenever your freezes are over you can then transplant the small herbs into the ground. Use a planting diagram that is based on which way the sun moves in relationship to your garden, with taller plants behind the shorter plants. Each planting guide will tell you how tall the plant will grow at maturity. South facing gardens are the best for herbs.

namaste,
JB

That sounds great Windora.
Herbs also do very well in large pots. I have mine in buckets at the moments and they are doing very well. Mint is especially easy to grow and very vigorous so It can take over, Thyme is also a good starter and Lavender. Another great herb is Basil, which in the summer just grows and grows, however Basil is a sun lover and very sensitive to cold. I agree about some of the wild herbs which some people see as herbs - stinging nettle is great, very good for you. Wild strawberry leaves and roots also make a great infusion. Yellow dandelion is a great one too as its easy to find and grows everywhere.

Hope your enjoying your herbs

Thanks Chatters, My basil is growing great my mint just didn't do a thing I hear parsley & mint dont like each other & I think that maybe it