xnovalentine 
Peoria Heights, IL
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| 01/07/2008 04:27 PM |
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I was thinking lately of growing my own garden, and sometimes I cannot wait for things and began to look into growing my own herb garden in my kitchen or basement. I found this neat thing called the "Aerogarden" which is like a small kit that includes lights and easily inserted seeds to begin your growing. I'd really like to get one except they are $150-170.
I do a lot of cooking with herbs, and then we have chompers (aka lullabelle) who eats up lots of herbs and would love some fresh ones. I don't want to grow them outside either because of the risk of losing them to animals and bad weather in the spring/summer time, but I may get a large bin later on and grow a small garden outside.
Does anyone have their own herb garden they grow in their home? If so, what do you use to do it? How simple and expensive is it to grow them in your home? Any suggestions on how to get one started? |
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Lisa_43
Perth Western Australia
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| 01/07/2008 06:23 PM |
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No I haven’t but I am thinking about it too.
I am also thinking of growing rabbit friendly vegetables, I seem to be going through a bit with mum and the babies and i think it would work out a lot cheaper in the long run, although by the time they grow the babies would have found homes. |
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Scarlet_Rose
Colorado
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| 01/07/2008 06:54 PM |
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I usually grow mine in the spring-fall on the back porch in pots and I also have a big herb garden out back. As for growing them inside, a sunny window is great for things like parsely, be careful not to over water. You might want to considering watering them from the bottom. Are you growing them from seed or buying the plants? I would say those Aerogardens are overpriced, and opt for a few small pots on the windowsill. |
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Gravehearted
Campbell, CA
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| 01/07/2008 10:03 PM |
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I was eyeing the aerogarden too, but it is awfully expensive. When I had a house I grew a fair amount of herbs for Niklaus. We had parsley, dill, basil and mint, which he enjoyed. It wasn't enough to be all of his diet, but even compared to the fresh organic produce, he could always pick out the fresh from the garden veggies. We had some outside, but also inside in the kitchen, so it was easy to pick for cooking or offering to him.
I am not much of a gardener, and had much better luck starting from lil plants instead of seeds.
good luck, Lulla's lucky to have a mom who will garden for her. :-) |
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babybunsmum
Waterloo ON Canada
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| 01/08/2008 05:59 AM |
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i had a herb garden... and then i didn't... and then i did... and then i didn't. apparently i do not have enough of a green thumb for herbs!  i have a clay window palnter thats about 2 feet long which looks georgeous overflowing with herbs but requires a LOT of attention & watering since water evaporates from clay very fast. we just had a huge melt down here & so the beautiful wintery scene is now a dreary sloppy mess. i should give the herb window box another go for some color. the thing is though... i didn't get enough of a hang of it to know how much i can clip without decimating the plant. |
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Beka27
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Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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| 01/08/2008 08:16 AM |
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i've thought about it, and i looked at that aerogarden thing (yikes... pricey!) but the way Meadow goes thru greens, i'm not sure it'd be worth the time to do it b/c they'd be gone too quick. |
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LittlePuffyTail
New Brunswick, Canada
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angoragrl
Saint Louis ,Missouri
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| 01/08/2008 12:20 PM |
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We have an herb garden in our basement. We went the expensive route though when it comes to set ups because Matt is a chef and wanted to have the herbs for cooking. We have a large high pressure sodium grow bulb over our plants. I grow parsley, dill, chives, catnip, sage, thyme. .. . . I think thats all thats in there right now. Obviously it isn't all for the bunnies though. I am planning on trying to start lettuce and baby carrots in the near future. I hear carrots are pretty tough to grow though. I will let you guys know how they turn out though. |
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Scarlet_Rose
Colorado
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| 01/08/2008 06:58 PM |
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Carrots are easy to grow, make sure the soil is loose so they can grow nice and big and compost makes them sweeter. : ) |
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