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Planting herbs

When we moved last year, I had a wee shopping spree chez Ikea and apart from the bookshelf and dining table and chairs, I dropped a couple of herb kits into the basket too. I discovered the kits sitting sadly in one corner of my kitchen, forgotten, so I guess now is as good a time as ever to rescue them and fulfill their destiny.

Herb garden

Herb garden

Each kit – there are two of them – contains three paper cups, three small discs of dried compost, and three packets of seeds. It is really intelligent for Ikea to provide the compost in this compact form, which makes it light to transport, and easily transformed into planting compost by adding some water to it.

Herb garden

Herb garden

Herb garden

Herb garden

Herb garden

Herb garden

Herb garden

Herb garden

In case you wonder, I’ve planted basil, thyme, coriander, lemon balm, oregano and parsley. Now, you need to know that I don’t have green fingers, so whether these herbs grow and survive, that’s another story altogether. The last time I attempted something similar, it went half well, half disastrous… /whistles

Update 5 April 2015: a fortnight later, five pots have sprouted but no sign of the lemon balm yet, hmmm, why?



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  1. med says:

    wooohooo…nice….provide an update on them soon okie lil!

    • Lil says:

      Errrm… update. Well, they started sprouting after a couple of weeks, then for reasons unknown the top of the soil started moulding despite not watering too much. We think it could be the bread crumbs falling in (as F usually slices his baguette on the same counter) and causing mayhem. That, or my fingers are as black as death, eeep!

  2. med says:

    Or maybe it just need more sunlight?

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