Article: ALWAYS THYME FOR HERBS Some tips on how to herb your appetite

Many fresh herbs are available today in supermarkets, and specialty markets often will special-order more unusual varieties. However, those little packets of a handful of leaves can set you back a couple of dollars.

Why spend so much when you can grow them yourself for so little? Following are some tips on herb gardening:

Getting started: If you've never grown herbs before, start with easy-to-grow varieties, such as basil, thyme and rosemary, advises Sylvia Thompson, author of "The Kitchen Garden" (Bantam, $27.95). Thompson says all three can be grown together in a 10-inch pot outside or on the porch. The basil will go to seed by the end of the summer, she says, but the thyme and rosemary ...

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