Not to mention all the different varieties of each herb! I love them!

chocolate mint may quite possibly be my FAVORITE..LOL. at one point i had MANY varieties each of thyme, mint, oregano, basil, chives, etc. the different flavors and scents are amazing..lemon, orange, apple, chocolate, garlic, etc. i tend not to stray to far from the "most used" herbs though..what else do you have in the herbs there? can you post a picture??

hi lynneC and lovemy2 i am glad that others out there love herbs as well,
i have hered of chocolate mint,but never tasted or smelt it before, i think it might be my favoroite to, chocolate here we come, what do you think lynne C do you agree with lovemy2.
i have at the herb garden many of the usall herbs , like thyme,and rosmary ectra, but we also have a few wild plants such as plantain,and veitnamese corriander, also this year i have grown a plant called the tootheace plant, or eyeball plant, they say if you eat to many leaves you will not only numb your mouth but will end up drooling,lol.haven't tryed it yet!
my favorites are lemon verbena,and lungwort,also self heal, and oh thyme, and ooh theres so many to choose from lol .
i will put a pictrue of where i work on the photos.and i am definatly going to get some chocolate mint, mmmmmmmmlol

the mint grows so profusely you know, so i would shear it quite often..i would put it in my kids little swimming pool while i suntanned in it..it was the most refreshing smell!!...too funny! some herbs dont taste as good as they smell,,but that chocolate mint sure does!!..

Oh, yeah, chocolate mint IS a favorite of mine, but I would be hard pressed to say which is my absolute favorite; I also have lime and orange mint, but I love the smell of lavender and rosemary, too. Plus lemon balm and lemon thyme, too. Pennyroyal is a new one for me this year, as well as bay laurel.

I've only just dabbled in herbs, and want to expand. I've grown lavender, spearmint, basil, oregano, sage and parsley so far.

i love basil, and find it really easy to grow, and i found out a new tip, well to me any way, when you take the growing tips out, put them in to water and they will grow, i havn't tried it yet, but i will let you know how it goes,with this thought i tried it with my mint plant, i wonder if it will work? oh no thats started me thinking of chocolate mint again, i am going to have to buy some,,mmmmm i can almost smell ,it can't you.....

I grow mint, chocolate mint, chives, Rosemary, Basil, (love the purple) Rue, Dill, Parsley, Cilantro, Thyme (lots of purple thyme between stepping stones) borage, flax, lavender, summer savory, enchincea, garlic, tarragon, oregano, sage......

I dry all my own in a dehydrator. Use them in teas, tinctures and cooking.

I also dry tomatoes, peppers, pumpkin, blueberries, raspberries, onions, chard, bok choy, apples, just about anything..

Nothing goes to waste around here..

Fruit left overs are frozen, dried, or made into wine if there is enough for a gallon jug.

Happy Gardening,
J.

Yah, I love growing rosemary

hi misred i am glad you love rosemary, at work we have about 7 large rosemarys, and i love nothing better than to trimm them becouse than i get to really enjoy the aroma,i usally get coverd in the stuff,oh and it is heaven,lol,and hi jspring,you have just set my mouth watering for that chocolate mint, i must go and buy some, and bu the way does anyone of you use your herbs for medicine, i am just starting to learn now.

You can make killer bonzai out of the rosmary.

In the spring and summer I like to eat Marigold flowers and coneflowers with my breakfast.

I grew lots of herbs in my previous garden, mainly because they just loved the sunny free draining site, my new garden has soil which is not so free draining and does'nt get full day sun, but only half day, so am not sure how they will do here.

I like to grow loads of different Thymes, mainly cos I use them alot in cooking, and Rosemary, majoram, chives, orangano, mints, fennel, Lemonbalm (melissa). I have rosmarinus officialia with the blue flower and I also have one with a pink flower but not sure what the genus is of the pink flowered one, do you happen to know?

I would like to grow lemongrass too.

Re medicinal uses:

I've used Feverfew for headache in past but it didn't work for me, prefer wild wild lettuce anaesthetic, although found that only seems to be affective in getting rid of pain just as it is coming into flower, think the opiate in the leaves is more potent then, the Victorians cultivated it in UK to produce a wider leaf, grows on curb sides here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactuca_virosa

I've used peppermint to make peppermint tea also quite useful for tummy and headache I think, refreshing and soothing.

Fennel is also good for tummy upset.

When feeling a bit low I've used Melissa to make tea which is suppose to lift the mood.

Calendula is a great skin healer if you mascerate petals in carrier oil. You could do this with camomile, lavender too (so long as plants are free from pollutants and pesticides).

Nearly all herbs have great medicinal value so its good to use them in cooking, they do aid food digestion too.

(I have studied aromatherapy so know a little of the healing properties of herbs and plants).