I would like to grow some Herbs to cook with, this kit gave me the Ideal or my friend did to she gave me MINT to start grown, to put in my Tea, I like it. Then I seen the Kit. The kit has Parsley, Dill, Chives, Basil, Cilantro & Marjoram. would like to grow more but need some Ideals of others on Herbs to grow? And where to buy them?
Thank U all the help

Hi all, My girlfriend and I recently put together our first ever herb garden on our balcony patio. We have multiple plants all in round pots which I believe are sufficient for their size, and they get plenty of sun (southern exposure, I live in Illinois). Oh and none grew from seed I bought small plants and repoted. Some plants are doing great some not so well… please give me some advice on what is going wrong….

tomato, basil, jalapeno, oregano, mint, rosemary, thyme, and sage all seem to be doing great!

now the problems…

parsley and cilantro – both did well for a few weeks then I noticed they were infested with these small larvae eating the leaves and small gnats, I believe they were fungus gnats and larvae… I was told to throw the plants out before they spread to the other plants, so i did, 2 plants down…

arugula – it did well for a few weeks also, after I tossed the infested parsley and cilantro I noticed the arugula had the same bugs, even more! Then it started to flower badly and I didn’t cut it. After some google research I decided to spray all the plants with a soap & water and cover the top of soil with sand to stop the gnat infestation (suppposedly the sand stops them from laying seeds on top of the dirt and spraying with soap/water kills living ones) … this seems to have worked but the arugula still looks bad and wilted not many new leaves… is it done for the season because I let it flower?

onion chives- they grew like crazy for over a month and were delicious, never got the bugs either… now it is starting to wilt and there isnt any new growth… is it too hot maybe? 90+ all this week!

tarragon – I believe its mexican tarragon, it grew well for a few weeks then started to flower, I cut the flowers as soon as I saw them and since then the plant hasn’t grown much and seems to be wilting away…

dill- seems to be getting more and more wilted and not much new growth.

So if someone could give me their 2 cents on the problematic plants and what we’re doing wrong I would really appreciate it . Thanks for your time!

nick&lauren

I want to plant my herbs in a lawn garden to make it (less ugly & bare) prettier, but I don’t want to have the rabbits eating them away, so which ones will they eat & which will they leave alone? Currently I have:
Common sage
Rosemary
Lavender
Lavender mint (peppermint)
Sweet mint (spearmint)
Candy mint (peppermint)
Sweet basil
Dill (dwarf)
Cilantro, basil, parsley & dill seedlings
I know the basil doesn’t stand a chance undefended & the mints are too aggressive plus need defended, but what about the dill, rosemary, sage & lavender? Will the rabbits eat them?
FWIW they are domestic rabbits someone let loose a few (rabbit) generations ago, not true wild rabbits.

Ugh & will chickens eat them?? They’ve gotten into the garden (vegetable) even though it’s fenced off & have yet to eat anything.
Do you have sweet basil or something else? (I know they don’t like cinnamon basil for example) I have a few caged rabbits & they love, love, love the sweet basil & sweet mint when I give them pieces.

We’re growing dill, parsley, chives and basil. Or might it be bad once we consume them? We didn’t read the instructions properly so we’ve been giving it everyday instead of once a week but they are growing anyway, will just do it once a week now though. The stuff we’re usiing is called "Feed Me" (a small yellow bottle of concentrate that makes 80 litres supposedly) Also trying to grow tomatoes and wild strawberries. All in pots on our kitchen windowsill, lol. But we also put them outside on a table in the back garden during the day. Never tried to grow anything before so all very new to us. Thanks.
Manure tea, I’m empty reaching here…..ahhh,ahhhh….lol Kitchen would smell like a toilet me thinks…..In the pots we just have regular earth mixed with something called "coco peat" that we bought.
Thanks but it’s not called Orchid fertiliser, it’s simply called "Feed Me", made by some company called "151" http://www.151.co.uk/index.html I can’t see the fertaliser at their site, maybe they no longer make it, it was only about €2/ anyway.

Fresh herbs:
- parsley
- cilantro
- dill
- rosemary
- lavender
- thyme
- oregano
- chives
- sage
- catnip

Vitamins:
- vitamin C
- garlic
- echinacea
- calcium
- grape seed extract

Please tell me if anything here can cure dizziness.

German chamomile, parsley, basil, catnip and other various mints, and dill? I would grow them in my herb garden but for now that’s exclusively for perennials until I’m done planting perennials and figure out how much space I have for annuals. The only one I don’t think would do well in a pot is dill, but I’d like some outside opinions