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<blockquote data-quote="Annb" data-source="post: 2508178" data-attributes="member: 25851"><p>My parents used to grow mint in their garden in Kent and it was so difficult to control - wanted to take over the whole garden so I thought I'd do the same. I also thought I could grow other herbs in my garden. But they all die. It must be the wind and rain that finishes them off. So I tried growing them on my (very narrow) windowsills and they just don't grow. I have herbs in pots all over the place, but they don't recover after their first flourishing. The winter kills them off. I have one pot which I am currently nurturing in a planter right beside my back door, so sheltered by the house. It is just putting on leaf now. The rosemary survived the winter in the same planter, but it is very spindly and bedraggled. Thyme, sage and parsley died very rapidly. Bay is looking very sickly, but it is still alive. I really need a greenhouse, but can't afford one. Anyway, greenhouses and poly-tunnels often don't survive the winter here either. I have grown chives in a pot on the windowsill, which tasted of nothing when I cut them and I currently have some Chinese chives growing on the windowsill - they have no flavour either. Same problem with basil - my favourite herb - it just doesn't grow. So - I am reduced to buying herbs from the supermarket as and when I can get them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Annb, post: 2508178, member: 25851"] My parents used to grow mint in their garden in Kent and it was so difficult to control - wanted to take over the whole garden so I thought I'd do the same. I also thought I could grow other herbs in my garden. But they all die. It must be the wind and rain that finishes them off. So I tried growing them on my (very narrow) windowsills and they just don't grow. I have herbs in pots all over the place, but they don't recover after their first flourishing. The winter kills them off. I have one pot which I am currently nurturing in a planter right beside my back door, so sheltered by the house. It is just putting on leaf now. The rosemary survived the winter in the same planter, but it is very spindly and bedraggled. Thyme, sage and parsley died very rapidly. Bay is looking very sickly, but it is still alive. I really need a greenhouse, but can't afford one. Anyway, greenhouses and poly-tunnels often don't survive the winter here either. I have grown chives in a pot on the windowsill, which tasted of nothing when I cut them and I currently have some Chinese chives growing on the windowsill - they have no flavour either. Same problem with basil - my favourite herb - it just doesn't grow. So - I am reduced to buying herbs from the supermarket as and when I can get them. [/QUOTE]
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