Press the seed into the soil with a roller or by walking across the area. Water after you sow if there is insufficient rain, and pull any weeds. I want to plant herbs. I've heard fall is a good time. Herbs need good drainage.
Adequate sunlight encourages good development of the oils in the leaves.
It is these essential oils that give the herbs flavor and fragrance. You can design an herb garden as an element in your landscape, or you can plant individual herbs among shrubs, flowering annuals and perennials. One of the most frequently used designs in herb gardening is the knot garden, a somewhat formal style that often uses low hedges of fragrant evergreens such as germander, santolina or boxwood around geometric patterns. Herbs also are attractive along a walkway, in kitchen window boxes, as topiaries in terra-cotta pots or bordering a bed of old roses. Sometimes this can take awhile to become apparent.