Cooking with fresh herbs....  

I had one of those kits many years ago when I was a novice gardener, but I don't really like prepackaged kits anymore. There are so many different varieties of plants, I love getting the new sed catalogues during the winter and picking out what I am going to grow in the spring.

I really love cooking with fresh parsley, chives and rsemary and they practically grow themselves. Fresh basil is wonderful as well, and so is lemon grass. I don't know if you would want to grow your own garlic, which is also great for cooking, but if not chives are a passable subsitute.

Good luck and have fun! If the seeds don't work out, very young plants are available on the cheap at garden centers. They catch up quickly and are a much better deal than the bigger, more expensive pots because they grow up in your garden and are less fussy than older plants.

I have used fresh herbs in cooking and let me tell you there is nothing that is soooo good. It really brings out the flavors of the herbs in order to compliment the food they are being prepared with. This is my first year growing my own herb garden though. Like you I have wanted to do one for years. I didn't buy a kit. I just planted the seeds from scratch into a newly prepared area in my yard. They are already coming up and I am so excited. Keep us posted on how the kit works and how your herbs are doing.

I would love to try something like this , I often thought about it but to be honest I am never sure what herb goes with what , I cook a lot of soups stews etc but never add any herbs , my hubby loves home cooked meals but I am not so sure he would like herbs in them. I have used spices a lot in cooking and he likes them but I think thats really different , I look forward to reading your replies xx

Fresh herbs are always the best.

If you get more herbs than you can use you can put them in the freezer, (in sperate bags), and snip some off when you want to use it. That is when you wash it.

It works great will dill.

when I first started growing my own herbs, I purchased one of those kits too and I had no luck at all with them. I then went to the market and purchased plants and they did wonderful. I am now learning to grow herbs better. Good luck growing htem as they are so much better than purchaseing dried herbs in a jar.

I love fresh herbs to cook with. My favourites would be parsley, basil, oregano & coriander.
I haven't used a starter kit to grow herbs. I have tried growing them outside. One year I had basil & parsley outside, but some bugs ate it.
This year I had parsely growing out the front, but due to the drought & water restrictions that died to. I give up.
I will just buy the fresh herbs.