Advice from Valley View Farms on planting an herb garden at home

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme: Advice from Valley View Farms on planting an herb garden at home

WELL, THEY SURE KNOW HOW TO PUT A SMILE ON MY FACE AROUND HERE. IT’S TIME FOR SUNDAY. DINNER WITH CARRIE ENGEL IN PERSON, COMING STRAIGHT FROM VALLEY VIEW FARMS. JOINING US LIVE. GOOD MORNING. GOOD. THANK YOU. GREAT TO BE HERE. AND THANK YOU FOR THE WEATHER. REALLY. DALENCIA DALENCIA. THANK YOU FOR THE WEATHER. THING BECAUSE YOU COME IN AND YOU WHISPER PLANTS TO US TODAY. YOU BROUGHT HERBS I BROUGHT HERBS, SO THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A STRAWBERRY JAR. AND YOU WOULD PLANT A STRAWBERRY UP HERE IN STRAWBERRY, SEND OUT LIKE LITTLE BABIES, AND YOU COULD PLANT THEM DOWN IN HERE. BUT WHAT I SHOW THEM, LIKE, ALL OF THESE LITTLE KIND OF DIVOT POTS. YEAH, A LITTLE LIKE INDIVIDUAL POTS AROUND. AND YOU CAN GET THESE HUGE. YOU CAN GET THEM HERE WITH LIKE 30, 40 POCKETS ON THEM. SO IT’S KIND OF A LOT OF FUN. BUT TODAY LET’S JUST PLANT SOME HERBS IN THEM. SO I WANT TO START WITH YEAH I’M GOING TO START WITH PARSLEY OVER HERE OKAY. I SHOULD HAVE CHECKED THIS TO MAKE SURE THEY’D COME OUT OF THE POT BEFOREHAND. RIGHT. SO YOU’RE GONNA STICK THAT ONE IN THE MIDDLE. NO, I’M ACTUALLY GOING TO PUT THIS IN HERE. I’M GOING TO PUT IT KIND OF IN THE BACK SIDE. DO IT ON THE SIDE PART, AND I’LL DO THE SAME UP FRONT HERE. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS TIME. YOU WANT ME TO DO THAT ON THE SIDE. YOU CAN DO IT ON THE SIDE OR THE FRONT WHATEVER YOU’D LIKE. I’M A MESS. OKAY, THERE IT GOES, IT GOES. AND THEN SHOVE IT IN THE HOLE. SHOVE IT IN THE HOLE. AND WHAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN ALSO DO A DIFFERENT WAY WITH THESE GUYS. I’LL JUST SHOW THIS ONE. YOU CAN KIND OF LIKE HOLD IT AND POKE IT THROUGH. I LIKE TO BREAK THE LEAVES. AND THAT WAY YOU LOVE ME LIKE THEY LOVE YOU. OH I CAN ALREADY SMELL. ISN’T IT AMAZING? IT SMELLS SO MUCH BETTER TODAY. AND THEN I’M GOING TO JUST TAKE THIS OUT OF THIS. THIS IS THE HEART SHAPE THAT WE JUST TOOK A WIRE AND BEND IT LIKE THIS. YEAH, SOME OF THEM DO. SO I’M JUST GOING TO SET THAT IN THERE. BUT NORMALLY WE JUST TAKE IT OUT AND PLANT IT IN THERE. AND THEY JUST YOU CAN GET LARGER ROSEMARY IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES. SO IT’S JUST A GOOD WAY TO, YOU KNOW, BRING A LITTLE SPRING INSIDE AND ALSO HELP YOU OUT WITH YOUR COOKING. HOW DOES THAT WORK WHEN YOU SNAP OFF? DOES IT REGROW? IT DOES. SO WITH ALL OF THESE MOST PLANTS, WHEN YOU PINCH THEM OFF, LIKE SAY, I WANT TO USE SOME SAGE HERE, I CAN PINCH IT OFF. I TRY TO TAKE IT DOWN TO THE NEXT PLANT NODE SO IT’LL COME OUT, AND THEN I CAN USE THAT. I COULD ALSO EVEN MAKE A CUTTING OF THAT AND START SOME NEW ONES. BUT HERE WHATEVER. GOTCHA. SO THAT’S SORT OF FUN. AND WITH THESE YOU JUST WATER THEM WHEN THEY’RE DRY TO THE TOUCH. MOST OF THE HERBS LIKE IT A LITTLE DRY IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. MOST OF THEM ARE MEDITERRANEAN, SO THEY GROW WHERE IT’S HIGH AND DRY NATURALLY. SO OTHER THAN BASIL, WHICH WILL WILT DOWN PRETTY FAST, AND MINT THAT LOVES WATER, MOST OF THESE CAN GO A LITTLE BIT DRY IN BETWEEN WATERINGS NOW WHAT KIND OF SUN DO THEY LIKE MOST? LIKE FULL SUN. YOU CAN BACK IT DOWN TO MAYBE 4 TO 6 HOURS. BUT ROSEMARY, ESPECIALLY ALL THESE PLANTS AGAIN, MEDITERRANEAN. THEY REALLY LIKE THAT FULL HOT SUN. IT SMELLS LOVELY. YOU JUST RUB THAT INTO LIKE RELEASED THE FRAGRANCE. IT’S GREAT. YEAH. SMELLS SO GOOD. SO ANYTIME I GUESS IT’S A GOOD TIME TO HAVE THESE BECAUSE THEY REMAIN INDOORS. TYPICALLY THEY CAN REMAIN INDOORS. MOST OF THESE WILL GO OUTSIDE. SOME OF THEM ARE PERENNIAL. SO MOST OF THE ONES I BROUGHT COULD GO OUTSIDE IF THEY KIND OF GET ACCLIMATED FIRST BECAUSE THEY’VE BEEN IN A GREENHOUSE. BUT THESE ARE ALL PERENNIALS TIMES. A PERENNIAL SALVIA IS A PERENNIAL. OREGANO IS A PERENNIAL. REMEMBER WHAT THAT MEANS? DOES IT COME BACK EVERY YEAR? YOU GOT IT. NAILED IT. I JUST THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET IT WRONG. NO. YOU’RE GOOD. SO ANNUALS YOU HAVE TO PLANT EVERY YEAR. OKAY. AND PERENNIALS COME BACK EVERY YEAR. AND PERENNIALS ARE USUALLY HERBACEOUS. WHEREAS LIKE TREES AND SHRUBS ARE WOODY. SO WE KIND OF SEPARATE ALL OF THOSE GROUPS. AND THEN I KNOW DIFFERENT PLANTS REQUIRE DIFFERENT SOILS. SO WHAT KIND OF SOIL IS THIS? THIS IS JUST A GENERAL SOIL. THIS IS A HOUSEPLANT MIX. BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DO HOUSEPLANTS AT FIRST, AND THEN I CHANGED MY MIND AND DID HERBS. OKAY. YEAH, WHATEVER. THE SOILS WORK, BUT YOU JUST WANT SOMETHING THAT’S. OH, I’M MAKING A MESS HERE. THAT’S LIKE THIS, THAT HAS SOME PERLITE IN IT, SOME THINGS TO ALLOW WATER TO GO THROUGH. AND USE A LOT LESS PEAT MOSS THAN THEY USED TO, JUST TO BE MORE SUSTAINABLE FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR WORLD. OKAY. SO THIS ONE DOESN’T HAVE TO HAVE THE WOODCHIPS AND ALL THE LITTLE OTHER THINGS. IT’S GOT, IT’S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF ALL OF THAT IN IT. SO WE’RE GOING TO GO AND MOST OF THESE GOOD POTTING MIXES ARE LIKE THAT. ALL RIGHT. AND SO THESE WILL LAST YOU A GOOD LONG TIME. YOU KEEP BREAKING THEM OFF. KEEP TREATING IT. WILL THEY CONTINUE TO LIKE KIND OF JUST BULB OUT OF THESE. THEY WILL. AND WITH THESE I WOULD GO AHEAD AND PUT IT OUTSIDE. ONCE WE GET TO I’D SAY AROUND MAY 1ST FOR MOST OF OUR AREA. OKAY. AND ENJOY IT. YOU COULD GO EARLIER THAN THAT. LIKE I SAID, IF YOU’RE JUST SORT OF IF YOU CAN GET IT USED TO BEING OUTSIDE, MAYBE NOT PUT IT OUT THIS WEEK WHEN IT’S GOING TO BE REAL COLD, BUT BY THE WEEKEND, BECAUSE YOU COULD PROBABLY GO OUTSIDE. RIGHT. BUT THESE AGAIN, MOST OF THESE WILL TAKE FROST. OKAY, OKAY. I DIDN’T KNOW THAT I THOUGHT THE FROST WAS GOING TO KILL IT. NOPE. FROST WON’T KILL IT. IT’LL JUST KIND OF SLOW IT DOWN RIGHT NOW. OH. GOT IT. AND LOOK THESE ARE OVER HERE. THESE ARE NOT HERBS, BUT THEY ARE PRETTY. I LIKE THEM, THEY’RE SHAMROCKS. YOU GROW THOSE FROM LITTLE BULBS, AND WE JUST HAVE THEM THIS TIME OF YEAR GETTING READY FOR SAINT PATTY’S DAY. I SEE YOU’RE READY. ALWAYS THE IRISH IN ME. THERE YOU GO, KERRY. WE LOVE IT WHEN YOU COME ON THIS JUST YOU GUYS, WE GOT TO GET THIS SMELL UP AND RUNNING. ALL RIGHT? IF YOU LIKE TO HAVE YOUR GARDENING QUESTIONS ANSWERED, YOU CAN EMAIL OUR SUNDAY GARDENER TEAM. JUST EMAIL PLANT QUESTIO

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme: Advice from Valley View Farms on planting an herb garden at home

Updated: 5:57 PM EST Mar 1, 2026

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Carrie Engel from Valley View Farms shares her advice for planting an herb garden.