111 FOOD FACTS Number 36 POTATO PETE says, "Now is the time to plant your herbs; sage folk know they'll be worth a mint of money..." HERBS are good to eat, easy to grow. Year-round they'll put taste into your stews, soups, salads, savouries and sauces if you use them fresh or dried, according to season. Now is the time to plant them—in any sunny patch of earth or window-box. Some will even flourish in pots on an inside window sill (so long as it catches the sun) and pretty they'll look. All they ask of you is light, air and watering.