On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:24:06 -0800, bulka wrote:

> 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

I don't think parsley will pop up. The seeds need at least 1 month to
germine. By that time mostly the earth has been shuffled away... along
with the seeds. You need patience, lots of it, to grow parsley from seeds.
And the same if you let them seed themselves.
In case of clay, perhaps you'd better buy plants. And keep them moist.

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Groet, salut, Wim.