On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 14:44:37 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>On Fri, 26 Sep 2014 21:40:30 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
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>>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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>>> Herbs do best on my kitchen sink surround. There is very little space
>>> that will work for this. As soon as a plant gets bigger they have to
>>> be moved. I've been using my 2 rosemary plants in lieu of a Christmas
>>> tree the last several years. With the advent of those itty bitty
>>> battery powered lights it's no problem lighting them. The rosemary
>>> does suffer towards the end of winter with limited light.
>>> Janet US
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>>I tried growing them in my kitchen garden window. Just gets too cold in the
>>winter and hot in the summer.
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>But you have a yard... and it doesn't get so cold where you live that
>parsley won't survive outdoors in winter. Here it gets down to -20º
>and lower in winter and parsley actually survives under the snow.

I have found that rosemary, sage, thyme, and curly parsley all will do
well through the winter. Basil, not so much.

Doris