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Not every herb overwinters the same. Sort them into three groups: hardy perennials stay outside, half-hardy come in cool and bright, sensitive ones you resow.
Basil almost always dies for three reasons: too cold, watered from above, harvested wrongly. How to avoid all three and harvest fresh basil all summer.
The herb spiral creates many spots on a few square metres, from the dry top to the moist foot zone. How to build and plant it correctly.
Rosemary rarely freezes to death, it rots in wet cold. How to overwinter it cool and bright, prune it right without cutting into old wood and choose hardy varieties.
Parsley germinates slowly, is biennial and soil-fatiguing. Know these three quirks and you never have empty beds again. How growing succeeds without frustration.
