On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 18:32:18 -0400, Doris Night
> wrote:

>On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 14:44:37 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:
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>>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
>>>
>>>I tried growing them in my kitchen garden window. Just gets too cold in the
>>>winter and hot in the summer.
>>
>>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.
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>I have found that rosemary, sage, thyme, and curly parsley all will do
>well through the winter. Basil, not so much.

Agreed. Tarragon is another one that doesn't like cold winters, but
regrows in spring. Mine is growing again so I'll be able to add fresh
tarragon to my roast chickens again, yay

I do have some kind of old type of purple basil that grows wild along
my creek which seems to handle the winter here... only just, though.