> OT kinda, My new Aero Garden
>
> Group: rec.food.cooking Date: Tue, Jan 13, 2009, 12:13pm (EST-1) From:
>
> Thanks Chatty Cathy. It's going to be nice having a herb "garden" in the
> winter.
> I can't bring myself to pay supermarket prices for fresh herbs. I
> printed out a recipe this morning that calls for a sprig of rosemary and
> some fresh thyme. That would cost me $7. Not gonna happen. "
>

Lass Chance_2 wrote:
> Mitch---The good news is, both rosemary and thyme are perenials---they
> just keep growing every summer and will stay quite alive and happy
> INSIDE in the winter. Get a pot of rosemary and one of any kind of
> thyme you like and keep them in a sunny window all winter.
>
> I have a rosemary plant outside that is about six years old now...and
> HUGE. My thyme (outside) looks dead in the winter, but always comes back
> bigger in the Spring. The best part is, picking off a few sprigs only
> makes them grow MORE---
>
> Growing a pot of thyme and rosemary inside makes the room smell nice,
> too.
>
> Lass
>
I've never been able to overwinter thyme indoors; it always dies off
within a month or two.

I did manage to overwinter a rosemary plant for several years, but lost
it two years ago and haven't succeeded with another since.

I end up starting with new seedlings each spring, unfortunately; I
suspect the problem is I don't have a room cool enough for them.