You got that right. It's amazing what our local chain wants for a little container of herbs. Thankfully I have two extremely healthy chive bunches, beautiful oregano in 3 spots, parsley returning from last year, and 10 separate basil sprout squares sunning in my daughter's room. I'll get cilantro and dill in a few weeks for pots on the deck.
Fresh herbs are stupid expensive in the store, but are the easiest thing in the world to grow. Just stick chives and oregano in with your flower beds and enjoy them forever. There's nothing like fresh picked oregano, basil and chives, and if you want to cook with them all year, throw them in the food processor with a little olive oil, separate by tablespoon onto plastic wrap, twist tie them up individually, ziploc them by type and store them in the freezer.
It was buying culinary herbs that got me started last year on my first vegetable patch ever. I was totally blown away when I tasted my home grown basil for the first time. Hooked now.
It was buying culinary herbs that got me started last year on my first vegetable patch ever. I was totally blown away when I tasted my home grown basil for the first time. Hooked now.
Or spread fresh herbs out in the microwave and nuke until dry. Store them in baggies or old spice jars.