Just because winter’s coming doesn’t mean we can’t have fresh herbs.
Unless I kill ‘em first, that is.
The ball began to roll when Marble-Of-The-Greenwood gave me fresh herb plants and cool retro vintage spice jars for my birthday. It’s a continuation of the freshly cut herb kick I’m on at present. And now, with colder temperatures, I’ve collected what I can, dried the bountiful harvest and brought the rest inside for potted fresh herbs through the winter months.
There’s just one problem.
I am an unreformed indoor plant serial killer. That may be due to the sad-but-true fact it doesn’t rain inside the house and I have to manually water the poor dears. And having a shockingly short memory results in dried shriveled sticks in pots.
But this year’s gonna be different. (I keep telling myself…)
To show how dedicated I am, I’m potting these darlings in antique canisters and using my best lightweight drainage secret compound (better known as Styrofoam). I’ve created a permanent home in our sunroom to ensure they’ll be happy and healthy.
Now realistically, if we want to benefit from this toil, I’ll probably have to pay one of the Kiddies to keep ‘em watered…
it’s a good thing that dying plants don’t scream, isn’t it? or maybe not – at least you’d be reminded of watering them? good luck with your herbs – and if you do forget to water them, just call them “dried on the root”:))
18 Nov 2008 at 9:32 am
lol, my mom has trouble with live plants in the house as well. I remember her silk ones having dustbunnies as well! I was looking at my herbs yesterday on our upper deck but am afraid to bring them inside as they may have ants! If they snuggle up near the french doors they usually make it through winter frosts.
18 Nov 2008 at 10:33 am
I would so love to have fresh herbs, but the only windows in our flat face north, so we don’t get enough sun to keep any plants happy…And gro-lights just aren’t such a good look for the living room! K x
18 Nov 2008 at 1:17 pm
Ha! I have the opposite problem here in Spain. I remember to water the plants inside but for me, an Irish person, the idea of watering the plants outside never even crosses my mind! So, needless to say that inside it´s like a jungle and outside a desert!!
18 Nov 2008 at 2:53 pm
I tend to be a plant killer, myself. One herb I always know I can depend on all year long, though, is from my Rosemary bush. I love that it thrives even when the temperatures outside dip below freezing and stay that way a few days. Granted, it’s on the south side of the house, so it’s not exposed to the north wind, but it sure is hardy, at least in my part of the country (northeast Texas),
19 Nov 2008 at 4:31 pm
Oh my goodness, Styrofoam. What a great idea for pots. Thank you …..
20 Nov 2008 at 10:09 am
How are your herbs doing? Have they survived the winter?
14 Feb 2009 at 12:45 am