herb markers

oh man, i love these. so awesome.

 

i wish i had the gardening skill (and appropriate weather) to have herbs like this! i recently planted some parsley, basil and rosemary in a combined pot. unfortunately it's been majorly lacking in warm temps and sunshine here the last few weeks, but maybe someday i'll grow something i can actually use. if this doesn't work, i'm getting matching pots and buying already bloomed herbs from a lawn and garden store.

Herb Garden Markers, Oryx and Crake Design. Purchase at Supermarkethq.com.

Originally saw at Apartment Therapy's garden accessories roundup.

we have growth!

last week you may have read about Kristen and i's gardening experience. there isn't too much going on outside as it has been fairly icky weather in Erie (50s, 60s, rainy...not much sun). a few days ago we decided it would be best to bring in the herbs that we planted...and they are sprouting up nicely!

at the moment, i can't identify what any of these herbs are, and i don't remember how i planted them...or where i planted what...so...i do know that i planted chives on one of the little side parts, but those aren't coming up too fast. anyway, i'm excited! seeing things grow is pretty awesome. can't wait to use these in cooking!

growing pains

i'm a typical girl. i don't like spiders. i don't like bugs. i don't like worms. i'm not a big fan of digging in the dirt on my hands and knees.

this is why i've never attempted gardening.

well, that and the fact that living with my parents proves hard to garden - they don't like to listen to anyone else's ideas about where things should go :)

kristen and i have a small enclosed patio at the back of our townhouse. it is mostly concrete but has some dirt and weeds lining around the fencing.

i was given a lot of plants for my birthday [including an herb garden from roomie] so we decided to put some of them outside. i planted hyacinths from my gramma [they are a littttle wilted] and a few other pretty plants. the herbs were planted in the pot they came with [curly parsley, cilantro, chives, sweet basil, thyme and marjoram] and several pretty flowers in a terracotta pot. Kristen planted some of her favorite flowers - Forget-Me-Not's - in another corner. they are her favorite because they are Penn State's favorite ;). we also planted some of my favorite wild flowers - sweet williams - on either side of the already-blooming ones i planted.

the "experience" wasn't too bad, other than the fact that i was sweaty and dirty when done and saw more worms in that dirt than ever in my life...and i felt awful since i decapitated about 50 worms in the process...

i'm excited to see the plants grow and especially to have fresh herbs! once they get growing, we will probably bring those inside.

now all we need are some fancy [and cheap] adorondack chairs, a table, lights, a hammock, an umbrella, a grill...