There is nothing nicer than being able to pop into your garden and pick the herbs you need to flavour your food. I’ve always had a herb garden but not since I moved into my new house so now it’s time to start one up here. The Little Man was a willing helper while we sat at the table in the sunshine and filled little pots with compost and seeds. I wrote the labels and he stuck them on. He had lots of fun and made tons of mess, but no worries, he said we could clean it all up with a magic stick!
My favourites are chives and dill, I love them with fish, I love rosemary with lamb, but did you know it also tastes really nice with chicken? I’ve never grown garlic before but I use it all the time so I’m hoping that it grows. Basil and oregano are great with pasta dishes. What’s your favourite herb?
do you have a herb garden?
The Ladybird Adventures has a really good guide to starting gardening with children.
Here are some more of my gardening posts you may enjoy.
We have a herb garden in my greenhouse, I think Rosemary is one of my favourites as it is so hardy and great with many greek meals. I also love chives but apparently so do our pet goats who have been housed there over the spring and I now have no chive plant left! I hope your collection fairs better. Thank you for sharing with me on country Kids.
Ooh hope you get lots of big delicious herbs. I am going to try chillies soon, I love growing those as they seem hard to kill!
i love herbs. Some years i'll get motivated and grow some whilst other years i just can't seem to get started. hope you get lots of lovely herbs. x
We started with our seed planting too. Sadly I think we are too late as its been awhile and still no bud in our tomato but we really enjoyed planting it. Like your son here =) #countrykids
Hopefully they will sprout soon! Gardening with little ones is such fun, and a great learning experience too. Ours love it. #countrykids (Dill's my favourite BTW as it reminds me of Russia, where it's in pretty much every dish!)
We grow herbs on the balcony. I don;t seem to have much luck with things like parsley, corriander and dill, which is a shame as I use a lot of those, but then in some ways it's nice to have the ones I wouldn't buy each week on hand whenever I do want them like rosemary, mint and sage. Plus I like running my hand over the plants when I'm out there and breathing in the scent.
I'm impressed that you are growing them from seed. I am lazy and buy the plants already grown.