Growing Fenugreek.

   I would realy like to grow some Fenugreek, not as  sprouting seeds but as a herby type thing.  I can find no info. on growing conditions ect. can anyone help me here? 

I looked up and c&p'd a lot of info on green manures some time ago. This is what I have on Fenugreek:-

Half hardy annual
Sow march to august
Lasts 1-3 months
Fenugreek is a legume. This means that it should be treated as peas in your rotation. However, it is unlikely to fix nitrogen, as it requires an unusual strain of bacteria to be able to do so. It will produce a large bulk of material very quickly. It does best on soils which are well-drained without being too dry.

White flowers. Attractive foliage plant.
ROOTS Average
NITROGEN FIXER Not in UK
GROWTH Rapid
FOLIAGE Bushy, good cover
DURATION Quick starting 2-3 months
SOIL Heavy to light but prefers good drainage
SOW RATE 250gms/55sq m, 20kg per acre
TURNING IN Before flowering

I've not heard of it as a salad item, but do know of it in cooking. When I was living in the middle east, you could buy 'greens' either for cooking or for eating raw. Neither fenugreek nor leaf coriander were ever included in the salad mix, but were in the cooking mix.

You can grow seed on paper like mustard and cress, if you want leaves for curries in the winter.  It does like a warm climate, so I'm not sure that it'll ripen seed (probably depends on where you are in France!).  Is there anyone you know who can come out to visit you with a kilo bag from an Indian grocer?

I grow fenugreek as a green manure. It likes warm soil, grows about 2ft high and has small white flowers. Its roots fix nitrogen from the air which is used by the following crop.

How do you use it as a herby thing?

You can use it instead of spinach in indian food (or anything else if you like the taste, which is quite unique) Need quite a lot in it other wise there is not enough flavour.

An Indian grocer in Brittany, not a chance

Nah, nah.  I meant is there anyone in England who'll be coming over to visit you, who can stock you up in exchange for local produce or such (easier with a car, but a kilo outbound is quite possible flying)?  I have a friend in Geneva and we do this (both directions) whenever she or her father are in England.

Coriander seed grows well enough-- no need to pregerminate it, just plant it about half centimetre down in a warm sunny spot. Mine is in a morrisons pot, daughter's in a window box in a cold greenhouse, or wait until it is warm at night and up it'll come