01Bright, not a grim north cave
If you can read a book there at noon without a lamp, you're close. Rotate pots weekly so they don't lean.
Gardening
Windowsill Herbs
Basil, mint, and chives that you actually cut instead of watching die
25 min4 photographed stepsBeginner
Three herbs, three pots, a bright window, water that isn't a swamp, and a haircut schedule so basil doesn't flower itself to death.
What you'll learn
- South or west window, or they go skinny
- Mint in its own pot — it invades
- Cut above a pair of leaves
- Don't love them to death with water
Inside this course
- LightHerbs are sun snobs.
- PotsMint gets its own country.
- WaterThe kill switch.
- HarvestUse is the point.
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