On 2008-07-13 05:13:31 -0400, "FarmI" ask@itshall be given said:

"Jo Green" wrote in message

Parsley tends to be more particular about soil requirements
than other herbs.

That hasn't been my experience. I find it is much less fussy than many
herbs. For example; Rosemary croaks it if the soil is more moist than it
likes. Coriander likes far more cossetting than parsley. Dill likes it
more fertile than parsley. Chives ditto or they dont' florish. And I tend
to kill mint for some reason. I find parsley is a most amenable herb and it
will come up anywhere I drop the seeds, even on poor soil.

That's interesting. The biggest problem we have with herbs has to do
with sunlight and drainage. Our basil likes a little shade. Purple
basil seems particularly prone to sunburn.

The rest of the herbs never seem to care where they are as long as the
soil isn't too wet and there's lots of sun.

Matter of fact, we generally plant herbs in spots where nothing else
will grow and we don't fertilize or amend soil. Herbs have been great
right next to the driveway, but we have to pay attention that we don't
step on them or drive over them. Mint is excepted from the above. We
drive over that regularly. Helps keep it trimmed back, I guess...