Just to add, there is no need to worry about hardiness of either mints. Mine sat in waterlogged pots all last winter, a couple of times the pots froze solid (seriously, they became just giant ice cubes), had multiple thaw/freeze periods which have seen off supposedly hardier plants and they both came up fine. The Corsican mint was a little later and slower returning to life, but after a slightly shaky start is making a serious attempt to climb out of its pots now.
I don't know how hardy the orange scented thyme is, this is the first year I've grown it and I'm keeping it indoors this winter just to make sure it gets really established. Next year it's going out and will have to cope. I know I did get virtually 100% germination from the seeds, and that it can take a bit of overwatering of seedlings (oops).
The reason I wanted to grow the thyme was that I made some really great jamaican beef patties several times now and wondered whether using fresh thyme would make them even tastier. :) I've gotten into a bit of a "hand pie" theme now and want to do jerk chicken and other varieties in one of my Sunday cooking blitzes.
It's good to know about hardiness. The 2 planters in the back yard are big cement ones that my parents used to use for flowers. I dug out the weeds and layered fresh potting soil on top and planted my herbs and the lone tomato plant in them and, since I can't bring them in, I hope to be able just cover/wrap the herbs and let them go.
Of course, I know basil is an annual but the lone rosemary plant should be ok (fingers crossed). I have to harvest the greek oregano soon though.
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I don't know how hardy the orange scented thyme is, this is the first year I've grown it and I'm keeping it indoors this winter just to make sure it gets really established. Next year it's going out and will have to cope. I know I did get virtually 100% germination from the seeds, and that it can take a bit of overwatering of seedlings (oops).
It's good to know about hardiness. The 2 planters in the back yard are big cement ones that my parents used to use for flowers. I dug out the weeds and layered fresh potting soil on top and planted my herbs and the lone tomato plant in them and, since I can't bring them in, I hope to be able just cover/wrap the herbs and let them go.
Of course, I know basil is an annual but the lone rosemary plant should be ok (fingers crossed). I have to harvest the greek oregano soon though.