I need advice and ideas.

[Momof2kids]

I need to know what kinds of Herbs to stock up on and where I might buy them. I was thinking about the ecomy and have some extra money to buy some herbs. Any have any ideas.
thanks

[GrannyG]

I usually buy mine at the $General...they have sold as low as 2 cents a package. I usually buy basil, dill, thyme. I love to find onion seeds...scatter them all over in the fall. I love basil over noodles, one of my favorites. Parsley is another, looks pretty pressed into noodle dough and then cut.

Sorry...I am thinking about seeds....guess you mean spices...

[sgl42]

medicinal herbs? or cooking/spice herbs? what do you use? what types of cooking do you do?

medicinal: i recently bought dried elderberries. i'll put 'em in vodka, and take it when i start getting a cold. it improves the immune system, and reduces the length and severity of colds. i bought from a little local store, which ordered from frontier organics.

cooking/spices: cinnamon for making my cinnamon raisin bagels, which i eat daily. and chili powder too. both frontier brand, ordered thru amazon when they had a deal.

also bought a few asian spices to try, from an asian grocery in town. i don't use huge amounts of spices now; i'm experimenting here and there, and will buy larger quantities once i find spices i like and use regularly.

--sgl

[goatlady]

check out www.herbalcom.com for ALL types of bulk herbs. Their kitchen herbs/spices are FRESH, FRESH!!! I can smell the galic granules from the UPS delivery truck before he gets to the door! I repack in small quantities, vac-pac, and they keep fine for years that way away from light of course. I've been ordering from them for many, many years with asolutely no problems. No minimum order $$ amount, $6.50 handlng fee I think, and free shipping via 3-day UPS, at least to my door from Iowa.

[Rita]

I second the herbalcom, as I have never been unhappy with anything I have ordered and the shipping flat rate can't be beat!

[beaglebiz]

do you have a place to put a little herb garden in?? you can grow many easily from seed.
I like to buy spices from penzeys.

[Patt]

Need more info from you. What are you looking to use them for? Do you want dried for medicine or food or are you wanting to start a garden?

[motdaugrnds]

Goatlady, thanks for the link. I just wish they had the "common" name with the ummm horticultural ? one.