Saturday, April 22, 2006

The (not so) Constant Gardener

herbal window - photo by Joey Briones
© Joselito Briones


I've never been able to grow herbs in a pot before, especially in the kitchen. The only exception is rosemary which seem to just grow anywhere as long as there's sun and water.

It's different this time. I have four different herbs on the window sill and they're all thriving. I bought these a couple of weeks back, and now they're all at least twice as big as when I bought them. I've used them several times, but each time it's very difficult deciding which branch to cut and consume as I don't want to offend my herbs. Good thing they look like they'll just keep on growing. Maybe it's the German soil?. German sun? who knows, I'm just glad they're not dying on me.

From left: rosemary, peppermint, basil, and thyme. Next challenge is coriander, which is notorious for being difficult to grow. Maybe some parsley too. It'll have to wait though, until after I've come back from London.


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