Want to start your own windowsill garden? Vanessa Richins of Urban Garden Casual recommends these four herbs. Keep them in the kitchen for easy access during meal preparation.
1. cilantro/coriander
2. chives
3. dill
4. oregano
For ideas on using herbs, visit the recipe round-up at FoodieView.
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Gardeners, and those who aspire to be gardeners, will love this blog I found.
A Way to Garden: Horticultural How-to (and woo-woo) is written by by Margaret Roach. Readers of Martha Stewart Living may recognize her as the magazine’s former editorial director (she’s recently retired). Margaret was also MSL’s first garden editor, as well author […]
NatureMill is an indoor automatic composter that makes compost from ordinary kitchen waste. It could take as much as 120 lbs of organic waste per month. Vegetable and fruit peels, dairy, meat and even fish can be converted into rich fertilizer for the garden. It fits inside cabinets and promises to be odor-free.
Starts […]
It feels too warm to be autumn already. But I’m glad for these last few days of high temperatures, so I can take care of some tasks before winter comes:
* overseed the lawn
* have a garage sale
* get the carpet cleaned
* weed the flower beds
I hope this warm weather holds up, at least for just […]
This planter set makes it easy to grow your own herbs right on your window sill. This are the Idyllic Herb Garden Planters, which come in a set of 3.
This windowsill herb garden includes all the essentials to grow thyme, parsley and oregano. Planters come in three different designs and colors and resemble replicas of […]
Having a nice-looking garden doesn’t have to come with a high price. There are several ways the frugal gardener can get plants for free. Some of these are:
* Websites like Craigslist and Freecycle. You can ask for specific plants that you’re looking for and other gardeners are trying to get rid of.
* Your local landscapers. […]
I get email newsletters from one of my favorite stores, Linens N’Things, and it’s always fun to see what’s new. This week, I was very pleasantly surprised to find out that they now carry the AeroGarden by AeroGrow International. I blogged about it last year here. It’s an automated mini-garden for the kitchen, built using […]
There are some great new/ish blogs at b5media that I think will interest you. Here are the announcements written by our Channel Editor Christina Jones:
Baking Delights is written by Stef Patag (who also writes the fantastic Asian cuisine blog, Noodles and Rice) and her daughter Aisa, and as you can guess, is all about baking. […]
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