Herbs: New to the herb forum!, 1 by Ellianor

Ellianor wrote:
Hi! I'm very new to gardening and so thrilled to find this site. I've never grown herbs before, and you won't believe how excited I was to actually use some of them in a recipe for the first time!!

I've been reading some of your threads and realize I have a lot to learn! I haven't done anything to my herbs except water them, but it sounds like I need to "pinch" them? Does that make them taste better?

So, here are some pictures, and if you wouldn't mind giving me some advice about what to do with them. I'm a little embarrassed to post them because you might think "oh my goodness, those things look horrible!!" lol :) The only thing I have done is when my basil got those pretty flowers on top, I cut them off which was sad because they were so pretty.

The first picture is basil, which needs to be watered today... actually, they all need water today.