Cinda's supposed to be doing a media fast right now, so I'm starting the thread for 2022 (good luck Cinda!). Here's to all the herb-lovers' gardens being prolific this year!

I can almost smell the basil, sage, and rosemary I'm hoping to plant this year.

Can't wait to talk and see all the pictures this year!!

Herbal greetings! It's mighty chilly today, but I'm proud to report my basils are doing well under lights this year. Seeds sown two months ago, I'm now enjoying pesto from a heavy pruning. I'm especially enjoying 'lettuce leaf' basil. Though it had a rough start outdoors last year (beetle attack), indoors the plants grew abundantly. Seen here, left to right, lettuce leaf, globe, and thai basils. Happy 2022, herbal gardeners!

Good work Maggie! A lot of people have trouble with basil indoors.
I'm a big fan of lettuce leaf basil, but grow it only in the summer outside.

NMoasis said:A lot of people have trouble with basil indoors.

That was me, before training myself no to overwater with the use of a moisture meter (the pronged thingy in the photo upper left). Now I water just shy of the needle in the"arid" range. I have moments of envy, gardeners in arid regions. High and dry is a premium in my lowly, watershed area!

The grass is always greener...

Those of us in extremely arid regions envy you folks with water! 😉

I picked some dill plants by accident, these are volunteers from last year.

I just bought some Chervil seeds, it grew here in my yard, much better than parsley, this is a substitute for parsley.
I also almost bought savory, not sure I know what to do with it, so I backed out.

Lemon and french thymes green and flourishing outdoors, Goriza rosemary is outdoors, but apparently wants more sun as it is stretching, may need to bring it in. Mints got burned pretty good, but mojito and Ky Colonel have green shoots biding their time- the peppermint is still going strong. Confetti cilantro, fennel, parsley, spinach, blue curled kale, chives, rocket, purple wave mustard, bulls blood beets, onions are happy as can be.

The only herb I have growing right now is comfrey. I have my eye on a turquoise porcelain (deep and wide) bowl that would make a beautiful herb garden.
It would be horribly heavy once planted with favorites so it'd have to stay put!

Hi Everyone
The only thing I have growing right now is lemon and orange spice thymes.
I am considering planting Chia this year. I use it as an ingredient in a protein shake mix. But I don't know much about growing it yet .

Good luck with the Chia, Margaret. It sounds familiar, but I don't know much about that herb.

This year I'm keeping it simple with basil, maybe some dill as well. I plan on planting a garden for Honey, our cat, with some catnip, catmint, and other things cats like. Probably next year I'll start on that.

Chia is a salvia. I think my bug issue is going to be aphids this year, already battling hordes of them.

Has anyone heard of strawberry mint? If it smells as wonderful as it sounds I'll definitely get some!

I planted 6 plants of curly parsley today, I made sure they are at different spots, I will let them go to seeds this year. I don't have much luck with a Italian parsley.

I am keeping a few herbs under lights , inside this winter
fresh herbs always add to winter soups and stews


started some basil a couple weeks ago


Right now the rest of the garden under a foot of snow and 3 degrees .


Deeby
I have grown strawberry mint before (there may be some out there under the snow)
It is a nice plant ,rather compact, smaller leaves than some mints , tried it as a tea but was a bit green tasting for me .

I rarely actually use mint. I grow it for the fragrance. It would be fun to have a mint that smells like strawberry.

If you drink tea, add a mint leaf floating on top-it IS for the pleasant aroma more than flavor.

Interesting what I thought was cilantro was actually chervil, so I have 3 plants from somewhere.

SoCalGardenNut said:I just bought some Chervil seeds, it grew here in my yard, much better than parsley, this is a substitute for parsley.
I also almost bought savory, not sure I know what to do with it, so I backed out.

Thinking you planted the Chervil, my dear. I remembered thinking "oh dear". I planted Chervil and loved it but it reseeded with wild abandon. Hope you watch it closely or you will have it forever.

Thanks Pod, I bought the seeds but I haven't planted them yet, at least I don't remember plating them yet. These seeds came from the lettuce batch. Thanks for letting me know they are a pest. Maybe I can get rid of them, I was thinking of remove these plants.