I’ve been keen to grow as many herbs as possible.
We use lots of fresh herbs in our home cooking and they’re relatively expensive to buy from the small supermarket locally here , IF you can get them. Anything beyond parsley, mint and floppy-leaved basil doesn’t seem to make an appearance.
We use tons of mint, dill, parsley, chives, thyme, rosemary and coriander, so it makes sense to grow it on the croft if we can.
Mine has definitely been the innocence of the novice. I germinated flat-leaved parsley and mint from seed here in the caravan spare room in March.
Each is an incredibly slow process at 57 degrees north, and it was only after struggling for months did I read that almost nobody grows mint from seed as it’s so much easier to propogate from cuttings…ah well. We live and learn.
I’m hoping it will all be easier once we have the polycrub in place. Next season. Meanwhile, we’ve had some other successes – the lemon thyme and dill have grown well.
Onwards and upwards! At last I’m going to plant out the mint, borage, rosemary and dill. The last frost date has passed and as soon as the rain stops, they’re going out.
I’ve been hardening them off, of course. I’m not going to throw them to the wolves like Spartan Mothers leaving their babies on the hillside overnight to see if they can survive on their own. Not quite. But it’s time that they manned up. Or womanned up. Whatever.
They’re going out.
Ravencroft Skye 
I caught myself up on your posts this morning. Looks like life on the croft is every bit the wonderful adventure you hoped for. Glad to hear restrictions are easing. Hope you will get to see your children very soon!
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Thank you. We are loving life up here on the island ❤️
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Herbs respond well to tough love!!
Growing from seed opens up the possibility of getting new types of mint!, the genetic variance in some plants is amazing (apples come to mind).
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Good. Tough lurve is precisely what they’re getting. Along with low temperatures, getting a bit bashed about as I stumble over them in the caravan, and occasional failure to water…
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All that is just viewed as a challenge to rise to by most herbs.
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Are you considering growing French tarragon and lovage? They’re two of our favourite summer herbs. Tarragon and seafood, prawn pasta is a tough taste experience to beat.
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I have intentions to do so, just have limited growing space this year! I’ll probably add these to the herb growing next spring. I do like tarragon. I’ve never tasted lovage, except as a cordial added to brandy ☺️
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Lovage is extremely strong in taste. Great for stews and soups. Also made lovage soup last year. I think you’ll find it useful.
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Will check it out, thank you 👍❤️
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