On Feb 8, 5:03 pm, Dave Smith >
wrote:
> sf wrote:
>
> > Oregano behaves in my garden.
>
> I started with a one in a small pot. By the end of the second summer it
> was more than 2' across. It was starting to overgrow other things, herbs
> that I use a lot more of than oregano I had to dig around the roots to
> take out the new ones.
>
> >> Mint is a bloody weed. It is nice to have lots of it on hand,
> >> but you need to keep it contained or else it will expand out of control,
> >> take over you garden and possibly the lawn.
>
> > Mint likes damp feet, so you must be where it rains a lot.
>
> That's where watering comes in handy. For the last few years I have been
> growing it in large pots. If they are not watered regularly it withers
> right up. Luckily, being basically a weed, a little water brings it
> right back to life.
>
>
>
> >> Dill and cilantro will start popping up all over. They seed them selves
> >> and will keep coming back.
>
> > Parsley too.
>
> I wish. It certainly hasn't in my experience. I have been growing it for
> years. I keep hoping that it will grow back and when I don't see any
> by late May I go out and buy a new plant, but then one or two pop up. I
> can barely manage to keep it going, whereas the cilantro and dill are
> like weeds.

I would be so happy to have mint, dill, cilantro, parsley, basil take
over huge patches of lawn. That was the plan. Last year, my first
attempt from seed, I got nothing. Maybe because I have a lot of
clay.

If spring ever comes, I'll try again, maybe some seed, some plants
from the farmers' market.

My local groceries only sell "fresh" herbs in little plastic coffins,
so, no. Dried or I learn to do without.

Bulka