How lovely it is to use fresh herbs in cooking. It's sweet to trek out to the home garden and clip herbs as needed, but if your home is in the Denver to Boulder vicinity that pleasure isn't available in the winter.
So ... grow herbs indoors!
I haven't done a lot of this yet, but will increase my indoor herb gardening, because I'm so happy with the results with my basil plants.
These are growing in pots, which are in an AeroGarden 3. I'm using this equipment wrong, I'll tell you up front. The plants are supposed to grow directly in the water - no soil at all. But I wasn't happy with the results when I grew plants that way.
I had two basil plants in a pot outside last summer, and when the cold temps arrived I transplanted them into smaller pots that would fit inside the AeroGarden.
I have to tell you - they have done better under these lights than they did outside. Whenever I want some fresh basil for pizza, spaghetti, a sandwich, I just snip some and it grows back quickly.
The plants are sitting on my desk, so often throughout the day I will pinch off a little piece of leaf and the scent fills the room. Heavenly!
Let me know if you have experience with indoor herb growing. I'd like to know what herbs you've grown, and what equipment you used.
Happy Gardening!
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I love gardening, but my ‘real’ job is helping folks buy and sell homes, mostly between Denver and Boulder. If you’re in need of assistance with residential real estate between Denver and Boulder, Colorado give me a call. Maybe we could squeeze in some gardening talk too!
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