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[Carbon.Chains]

Mmh basil!
One of my all-time favorite dish is tomatoes, mozarella, basil and olive oil, bit of salt and pepper as well. Also works in a sandwich with butter (and less oil).
Chamomille is a favorite of mine too!
Most people will disagree but I love the taste of valerian root tea. Even weirder, I dip cookies in it haha.
It's strange because everyone I know hates valerian root.
I remember brewing a 3L valerian-chamomille tea that turned out completely opaque and black, half a cup worked like a charm for my insomnia.
Unfortunately since I don't have a real garden I haven't tried different varieties... So can't comment on that

I had a wide collection of ethnobotanicals, remember liking Sinicuichi and Damiana.
Palo Santo incense is really nice too.

 

[gloryoskie]

Mexican oregano, pungent, use it all summer and dry the rest
over winter.

Same with tarragon. I grow sages and lavender too.
Got some mint and rosemary going.

I can't get the basil to produce, I fail at that.

Herbs are important part of my daily meals.

All grown in various containers around the back porch.

 

[non]

i like chamomile and mint for tea.

i have a thing for parsley and dill, don't really use them for cooking but instead eat them as such. only kithcen herb i've grown was stevia and the novelty faded quite quickly, didn't really find use for it.

 

[Able Mind]

spearmint
cilantro
sweet basil
oregano

 

[dirkdangle1]

Lemon Balm for infused cocktails. Great spring/summer sipper

 

[dirkdangle1]

Basil and rosemary are also staples for someone who loves to cook. Makes for fragrant gardens too

 

[Green Squall]

This year I have basil, dill, cilantro, chives, oregano, lemon thyme and lavender.

Can't get enough of the dill. Love to make soup with it.

EDIT: And parsley

 

[exploziv]

I got lemon balm, stevia "sweet leaf" (rebaudiana), lavender, rosemary, basil, thai basil, oregano

 

[stoned-trout]

cilantro and coriander...same plant diff part used ...cilantro is the leaves and coriander is the seed...got some finishing now and some new starts..the unfinished soft seeds have a lemon after taste when muddled in a drink..yeehaw.. I been adding it to my bloody marys ...mmmmm...haven't got much of a garden this year .. might pick up some spices tho..I used to have a full spice garden when I had the room /money...

 

[Betterhaff]

My stable...

Chives
English thyme
Greek oregano
Flat leaf parsley
French tarragon
Genovese basil
Sweet basil
Sweet marjoram
Rosemary
Peppermint
Spearmint
&
Sage
Lavender...thanks PH, I forgot them. They're up in the flower bed.

Can't get enough of the dill. Love to make soup with it.

I went to this Polish restaurant in Montreal and they had a dill soup that was to die for.

 

[PrimalHaze]

french and english thyme
sweet basil
kivumbasi lime basil
purple basil
rosemary
lavender
Sage
pineapple Sage
flatleaf parsley
culantro
lemon balm
aloe vera
chiltepin

 

[PrimalHaze]

I had a wide collection of ethnobotanicals, remember liking Sinicuichi and Damiana.
Palo Santo incense is really nice too.

I have some Palo Santo incense and I love it, I like it better than the copal and frankincense and myrrh. Every now and then at parties I'll catch the same Palo Santo scent in women's perfume too.

gcms test of Palo Santo...

Limonene 89.33%
α-Terpineol 10.9%
Menthofuran 6.6%
Carvone 2.0%
Germacrene D 1.7%
γ-Muurolene 1.2%
trans-Carveol 1.1%
Pulegone 1.1%

If i could find some haze that smells this way, i'd be in heaven

 

[MarijuanaMogul]

Basil
Cilantro
Parsley

 

[barnyard]

anything Artemisia...gotta get some sweet annie started

 

[paper thorn]

Tarrogon
basil,
Rosemary rules
Dill. Love to grow a giant dill plant in the garden. Cover a salmon filet with it- yum.

 

[Green Squall]

I just dried my first batch of oregano and it doesn't taste like oregano. It smells and tastes like fresh lawn clippings or hay, very similar to weed that was dried too fast. Really disappointed.