Who would have thought!

Submitted by Margaret Lyle

I don’t know about you but I’ve been struggling over the last few weeks to get herbs to plant in my garden. Due to shielding I can’t go shopping for myself, so being rather clever (so I thought!), I decided to order living herbs with my supermarket delivery. On the first occasion I received cut herbs in bags, and last week, when I tried to order again, I received dried herbs in a jar!!!! Frustrating or what?

With the herbs in a bag (which should not be refrigerated) I put them in a jug of water on the windowsill and harvested the leaves as I needed them. Seven days later some of the remaining leaves started to die and drop off so I decided to throw them away.

Taking the bunch out of the water, much to my surprise, they had rooted! I now have seedlings ready to plant out into the garden. This worked with basil and mint.

Give it a go.