"bulka" > wrote in message
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> On Jun 28, 8:21 pm, Mr. Bill > wrote:
>> On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:17:50 -0400, Dave Smith
>>
>> > wrote:
>> > A few years ago I discovered Sabra
>> >frozen herbs.
>>
>> About thirty years ago, I discovered herbs are perennials. A well
>> stocked herb bed will produce for many years. ....with a couple of
>> scoops of cow manure.
>
> This is my first year trying to get the mints, basils, cilantro, dill,
> catnip, hysop going. So far, so good. But, even if I am a failure
> as a gardener, even if I just harvest the starter plants, I am ahead
> of the grocery store. And then, freezing and drying.
>
>

Many of the common herbs folks like to use fresh are annuals, like basil.
And many are bienniels like parsley. Parsley will come up the second year
but is really too bitter for culinary use... plant parsley fresh each year.
I like the curly parsley better than flat leaf. I no longer plant basil,
it's not an important herb in my cooking. Also be very diligent with
planting many herbs, they are very invasive anything in the mint family.
And dill is extremely invasive as its seeds spread far and wide, also
fennel. With planting an herb garden know what you're doing or your
neighbors will want to plant you.