My herb garden
I’ve often thought about growing my own herbs. I do a lot of cooking and many of our recipes call for fresh herbs. I typically buy them fresh, as I need them, but the problem with that is that I always have a bunch of whatever is it I have bought left over. I have remedied this to a point by freezing them, but, while they are still good, they have lost some of their color or aromatic quality.
While shopping the other day, hubby and I came across little “grow your own herbs” plants. This was the first time I had seen these in the store, and thought I’d give it a try. We bought a basil plant, since this is the herb I use most often in things like tomato sauce and pizza. The mint was tempting…VERY tempting. It smelled so good, too! But, the only thing i could think to use it for would be tea. I love mint tea, but not enough to buy a mint plant just for that. My first thought was maybe we can use it when we make ice cream in the summer, but I’m not sure you can use the actual plant for that. They also had parsely and cilantro. I do use parsley, but mostly as an aromatic in my turkey at Thanksgiving. I have never used cilantro, at least not yet.
So, I’m trying my hand at growing basil. If it works out, maybe I’ll start growing other herbs, too. It’s kind of fun to be growing my own herbs. Someday, I’ll have a garden to go with it, but for now, the kitchen sure does smell nice!
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A friend of mine has one of those big herb plant centers that can grow four different types and fits on your kitchen window. It’s pretty cool. I love fresh herbs. Your plant looks fun!!
I have seen those things. They look really neat. Unfortunately, I have such a small sill that they won’t work
Maybe in the future, though, as I start to grow more herbs