Annual Herbs:
Annual herbs must be replanted each year.
Basil
Basil: This is one of my favorite herbs. I have grown several different types. My favorite is sweet basil. My least favorite type by far is cinnamon basil (It is really bitter). The sweet basil is just delicious. I like to use it to make prestos, in Thai, in salads, in Italian. Tons of recipes call for basil. Use it with some fresh grown tomatoes too. YUM<<Y!! This plant does grow rather tall. I plant it behind my flower garden on my front walk. This is convenient, it gets plenty of sun and isn’t with my perennial herbs. The plant does get rather thin and sickly looking towards the end of the growing season, and if you are particular about your flower beds you can pull it up at this point and just dry the basil to be used throughout the year. Cilantro: This is actually one of my favorite herbs as well. My hubby can’t stand it, but I LOVE it. I just add a lot to my dishes and leave it off of his. I wish this would grow year round but it really only grows in the summer. Just remove some stalks from the thickest part of the plant and you can keep harvesting your plant all summer. Yummy. Makes me want some tacos!!
Dill
Dill: This herb will grow 2-3 feet tall. We actually grow this every 2 years since we only make pickles every 2 years and it is the main thing that we use these in. We might grow one plant just for use in salads etc., but not tons of it like we do during pickle year. I love the smell of dill. Reminds me of a pickle. (-: It is dark green and really feathery. I think it is a pretty plant as well.
Parsley
Parsley: I am including this as an annual. It can actually last for 2 years sometimes, but not always, and it won’t come back year after year. Parsley grows to be about half a foot to a foot tall. You can use it in soups and salads. Some people even use it in pestos. I also use it in Italian dishes. Since this is a smaller herb, you can bring it into your house as well when it is wintertime. (If you don’t have cats that think they are dogs and eat anything that you leave out that is green.) There are a couple of different types of parsley, flat leaf and curly. I personally prefer the texture of the flat leaf parsley, but they are both good.
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This past summer, I planted 3 flat-leaf parsley plants in a bed where I usually have mums. We have a wicked time with deer and knowing herbs are something they won’t touch, I decided to experiment. They all 3 quickly grew into 3-4′ behemoths that lasted until the 4′ snow demolished them in Feb. They were never really particularly leggy but definitely not bushy either. Much larger than I expected though!
I am trying to keep my little basil plant alive! I am a complete newbie gardener…how much water would you say that a basil plant needs? I think I may have over watered it, the leaves are a little yellow and sad looking!
You just want to keep the soil damp. After you water, the soil should feel damp about an inch down and the top should still be damp about an hour later. The amount of water will vary based on your soil, rainfall and temperature. Hope that helps! Rene
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