Herbs in the Garden

One of the best things about a garden is that you can grow your own herbs, most of them year-round in California (though unfortunately not basil). Right now I have 5 huge basil plants, 3 small parsley plants (took out last year’s monsters when they went to flower), lots of rosemary, lavender and mint, chives, sorrel, thyme, tarragon, marjoram, oregano, some Vietnamese coriander (I can’t grow the regular cilantro, or chervil), lemon verbena and 3 culinary sage plants (plus lots of other salvia varieties, since they do well her). I’ve been adding all kinds of herbs to my salads, along with some agastache (a hybrid, Reronswood Mist) I bought a couple of weeks ago—not sure if it counts as an herb. Unfortunately, I’ve had no luck at all this year with nasturtiums, which I love for salads—will keep trying with those. That's the agastache in the pot, since I still haven't decided where to put it. And the little guys in front of it are broccoli rape, about to go in where I took out a big squash plant.