"Green-up" your thumb with little risk; grow an herb garden on your windowsill. Although anyone can do it, it's a perfect task for a city dweller (apartment tenant), because it takes up a small amount of space. Wouldn't it be wonderful to pull off oregano from your planter and throw it in your homemade spaghetti sauce, while it simmers on the stove? Or how about making tea with peppermint leaves from your 'sill garden? Let's see how to do it:
1) You'll need a windowsill that gets a lot of natural sunlight (preferably southern exposure).
2) Purchase a bag of potting soil, some culinary herb seeds and a planter.
3) Water regularly and go light on the fertilizer, combining multiple herbs in one pot as long as they have the same moisture and lighting needs.
4) Wait for the plants to reach 6-8 inches before harvesting any leaves and only take about a quarter of the plant or less at any one time.
If you tend to like a particular herb very much, have two and three of these plants growing at once.
Growing an herb garden on your windowsill is a small price to pay to have fresh herbs at your fingertips. Not only is it economical, it answers the call to be creative...using your hands!
*Facts taken from the article: "How to grow an herb garden" by Sara Elliot.
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