In article , Sarah
Dale wrote:

A more difficult alternative is basil outside in the gound - I
experimented with this and reverted to the warm windowsill! OUtside for
me, the basil got slugged and too cold.

I agree. Basil does well outside in really hot summers but it's the one
common herb that's really on the brink for being grown outdoors.

Other herbs are also easy, and some of them you can propogate by cuttings
- e.g. sage and rosemary.

I'd add (from a purely culinary point of view) that even in my not too
sunny garden oregano does very well, and keeps reseeding itself. Also,
of course, mint & parsley. (Moroccan mint tastes very good and is less
invasive than some others).

Lazarus