Mary - I have very good luck with herbs. But I don't grow them in the ground because they are either invasive in my garden or the nematodes do kill some herbs. I do have a large Rosemary bush in the ground in my front garden bed near my front door. I love running my hands over a branch to release the scent.
I don't use a LOT of each herb, so these smaller herb vertical boxes have worked perfect for me. I need to replant some of mine and replace a couple, but almost all of the original plants are still in this vertical garden! I thought they would die off after 6 months or so ... didn't happen!
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