Has anyone grown sesame?

Hi everyone,  Just thought I'd pass on this little tip I've picked up about chives.  You know how they kinda are hard to keep upright and collapse into the soil.  Well,  you can get a butter bowl or something like that, cut the bottom out and plant your seeds within the limits of the ring in a container or plot.  This keeps them from hanging down and are easier to handle when cutting. 

 I am chomping at the bit to get my hands dirty!

I've never grown sesame, caraway or fennel for that matter, although I'd like to.  I did grow (in the garden) cilantro/coriander two summers ago - it reseeded and came up on it's own all over last summer!  Dill also reseeded.  Garlic chives in the garden are bad reseeders if I don't lop off the flower heads once they start dying back.  I'm thinking about removing them.

Interesting about radishes and spinach growing indoors, Pat.  I'll have to try that.  My lettuce plants are in front of the sliding glass doors (west facing).  With all this snow, even though it's cloudy, there is pretty bright light.

Pat,

I have two little pots of basil and a pot of (dying) parsley.  The basil is holding on...I need to move it to larger pots.

And Babs,

I killed my Chives:(.

 I had forgotten about parsley. I havent grown that for a couple of years. My friend always gives me some. Babs

 I will add....Basil. I freeze the leaves, dry it and make pesto to freeze. It is a good investment for me.  One of my favorite herbs. Babs

 I've had chives in a container for several years...it just keeps coming back....I plant sweet basil every year.....horseradish grows every year and spreads, and if you want to get rid of it, it's hard to kill out......I plant dill every year to use for making dill pickels....mint grows every year and spreads....just planted thyme last year, but don't know much about harvesting it yet, it's supposed to be a perineal....I grow winter onions and winter garlic (they grow every year)....planted some oregano and parsley a few years back, but it wasn't very good, gave up on it.....that's about all the herb types I do....

 I grow dill every year and save a few seeds for the next year, but enough usually escapes harvest that it reseeds itself. 

I'd really like to try sesame. I wonder if the seed from the grocery store will germinate? Think I'm going to try. 

I have chives and garlic chives.  I plant dill every year for pickles, I've been thinking about growing more herbs.  I don't know if I will plant in the garden or in containers.  I am in zone 1b, although my yard is quite sheltered and some things rated for zone 3 grow here.  I'm with you guys on being ready for spring, although our last frost here is usually around June 10, there is a lot of things I plant earlier.  Potatoes go in first, usually around the middle of May depending on the weather.  Almost everything else goes in the end of May.  I usually wait until the middle of June to transplant tomatoes and peppers.  I will have to talk to our greenhouse and see what herbs will grow here.  I have always bought bedding plants and perrenials from our local greenhouse, she will only sell things that are suitable to our climate.  We have apple, cherry and plum trees that all produce wonderful fruit. Last year she had pear trees in her greenhouse and when I asked her about them she said they are not for sale - yet.  Her supplier told her that they will do well in our climate, so she bought some to try, but would not sell until she was satisfied that they would.  I hope they do, I would love to have homegrown pears.  Her prices are higher than Walmart, but her care and expertise are well worth it!  Sorry, I kind of got off the subject of herbs.

 Stacy, you are blessed with this greenhouse person.. I do believe that places like Walmart just sell plants with no thought about the zone and if they will live.  My last frost is usually around mid May. When is your first frost? Ours can be as early as Sept 1st but sometimes as late as end of Oct. Love it when that happens. Babs