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A tiny plot where you grow confidence, basil, and six jars of regret by August.
means A small cultivated patch, often near the kitchen, devoted to growing culinary and medicinal plants like basil, thyme, mint, and rosemary.
from 'Herb' traces back through Old French 'erbe' to Latin 'herba,' simply meaning grass or green plant — the 'h' was silent for centuries and still is in American English, a fossil of its French routing. 'Garden' comes from Old North French 'gardin,' related to the Germanic root behind 'yard,' both pointing to an enclosed, tended space. Put together, the phrase is younger than either word: herb gardens as a distinct domestic concept rose with the kitchen-garden tradition of growing one's own seasoning and simples (home remedies) rather than buying them, long before 'going to the store' was an option.
- mint warning
- Plant it unpotted and it conquers the yard by July
- actual yield
- One plant feeds you forever, the other nine die
- cost math
- Cheaper to buy basil forever than grow it once
- real purpose
- Makes you feel like a person who has it together