If lowering your cost at the grocery store checkout isn't enough of a reason to plant your own kitchen garden, consider this. * Fresh herbs elevate the way we taste food. Herbs in a recipe trigger less prominent ingredients to better stand out. * There are also educational benefits to growing anything on your own. The success of companion planting becomes personal, and the accomplishment when harvesting an occasion to be proud of. * And if none of these spells it out, there's always the argument for eating healthier, and THAT none of us can dispute.