I planted this bed of Thyme about 10 years ago.  Never really had much luck growing thyme in pots or other gardens, but something here just clicked.  

 

I'm bragging because it takes up a space about 3 feet by 2 feet.  That's a lot of thyme.  It looks dry and dull all winter, but then in the Spring it springs to life again, and is beautiful.

 

I harvest branches just before it blooms in Spring, and hang them upside down in the kitchen window.  When it's totally dry, I strip the branches and put all that glorious thyme in a jar.  I think dried thyme is so much easier to cook with than fresh.  Besides, when I'm cooking, I want it available to me, not out in the garden.  

 

We harvest oregano and sage and rosemary the same way:  pick it just before it blooms, hang it to dry, then put it into jars.  We haven't bought herbs for years!!!  

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!