If you had to choose one herb...

[loopyloo]

If you had to choose just one fresh herb to ever grow again what would you choose?

For me it would be basil. I love fresh basil. I pinch off a bit every time I walk by. There is such a clean taste to it. I use it in a lot of my morning olmlets and it pairs really well with all those tomatoes I grow all summer. Its the one fresh herb I would never want to give up.

There are many I would miss but if I had to I could survive.

 

[claudine]

It's a difficult question because I like herbs and growing them is fun I think I'd miss mint the most. I love it's scent, it's so refreshing. I often drink mint tea, especially during summer

 

[Arzosah]

Basil is beautiful as a fresh herb, and mint is lovely as a tea. But I think I'd have to go with coriander, as a fresh herb that I'd miss the most - it has the most amazing, delicate, smoky kind of taste, it opens up a whole world of new tastes to me.

 

[clueless1]

Sage. It is so underrated. It smells lovely, can be used in all sorts of dishes and drinks, is evergreen, and produces stunning long lasting flower spikes that the bees love.

 

[Rzashida]

I would have to say basil. It has great diversity, I love the smell and it taste excellent. It adds a gourmet taste to any dish. I think it is also easy to grow, and reproduces easily.

 

[ColdHands]

For me it would be rosemary. I cook a lot of red meat, it also goes well with chicken. I also use them as kebab sticks, and barbecue meat/chicken with them.
I make a tea with rosemary as well, it boosts circulation and memory.

 

[TheCrazyPlantLady]

It would be basil for me as well, because it is the one I use the most, and I love the smell of it. But it would be a great sacrifice to give up all the other herbs, and I hope to never live in a world where you are only allowed to grow one type of herb!

 

[ladybugger]

I think I like thyme. I bought a starter plant and used some in a recipe and it gave a lot of flavour for the recipe.

 

[Karen Watson]

At the risk of seeming to hop on the bandwagon here I would have to say basil to! I have a plant that 4 years old . I dig it up in the fall so it can winter in my kitchen. I find it very easy to care for because the leaves start to curl when it needs water.

 

[DonnaIReilly]

For me it would definitely be parsley because it goes with everything, well for me it does anyway

 

[Helen Holland]

Another vote for basil here. We have found the best place to grow it is on our lounge window (yes it is in a pot!!). When we pick it the smell lingers for a while and it is delightful. Basil fits in well with a lot of dishes that we make and adds such a fresh taste.

The only problem we have found is that it doesn't tend to last very long

 

[ACSAPA]

I'm not sure if it's an herb, but I would want to grow ginger if I could only grow one herb. I use my ginger more than anything else I grow because I like Asian food.

 

[Steve Denning]

Hmmm, basil or sage, now that's a tricky one. Basil is fresh and goes with pretty much everything, but sage has a warmth and a depth of flavour to it that I love. Maybe I could try and make a hybrid out of them both and call it Bage or Sagil would that work?

 

[RomanAnthonysMama]

I would choose Rosemary as well. It goes great and can be incorporated in almost anything. I don't know what I would do if I wasn't able to have Rosemary on Perogies or Pastalitos! The Rosemary is often what makes the whole dish. I've even been using it in omelets lately.

 

[happyflowerlady]

Mine would be oregano. I love the smell and the taste of oregano, and I use it in a lot of the foods that I make, and even a dab in my salads, and in the vinegariette dressing. One thing I really like about oregano is that it is perennial, and will spread and come back every year. I started with a couple little plants, and then each year they grew, ad I harvested them. The next year, I would divide them and plant starts, so each year, I had more oregano, and started sharing it with my family.
When it starts budding, then I cut the tops down and dried them, and put them in a jar for winter use.
To me, it is just a great herb for use all year long, and simple to grow.