mom's herbs

I always remembered Mom grew herbs under the backyard windows, but I never saw them so big before! She's had these plants for more than twenty years. Her sage

 and rosemary (on the left, it's smaller)

 are perennial shrubs, and she has so much parsley sprout every year it comes up through cracks in the pavement.

All three of these had seed heads on them when I was visiting, so I gathered quite a bit of seed to bring home, try and grow in my own garden. I doubt I can winter the plants over like Mom does (she's in zone 4 or 5, it doesn't get cold enough winters to kill them) but maybe I can get some more summer herbs out of it.

parsley

 sage

 rosemary