♥ growing herbs takes thyme.

(ps. these living herbs are from my farmer friend maggie's greenhouse)

this year, i was determined to start my own herb garden.

i wanted to add a bit of green to our kitchen and also to spice 

up my vegetarian dishes with a little home-grown flavor.

i bought a basil, curly parsley and lavender plant and placed

them on a small tray on my kitchen table where i thought there would

be plenty of sunlight and plenty of opportunity for me to whisper lovely

things into their leaves, like: "grow, please, grow." 

but unfortunately, my dreams for an herb garden withered and died

as quickly as my plants did. they dried up. they looked parched.

i watered them. i moved them to a new location, in our bedroom,

with all of our other happy thriving plants- but it didn't matter.

they are now outside on my back porch as one last ditch effort

to resurrect a failed dream and grow something. anything!

have you had any luck growing an herb garden?

i would love to hear your advice!

here are some great ideas for around the web:

conserve space and turn herb gardening on its head with these sky planters.

i wonder if growing them upside down helps?

the owner of this mini indoor herb garden recommends lots of light & fresh air. 

perhaps my little ones didn't get enough of either?

growing all the herbs together in one big container looks like something i have to try.

my in-laws do this, but as you see, they have quite the green thumbs.

vertical gardening is another unique way to grow herbs. i had nick drill holes into

some tomato cans, but didn't want to shock my herbs by transferring them.

 maybe i should have???

the writer behind this impossible to kill herb garden says that my basil plant & parsley

may be brought back to life with some more sunlight and some more water. 

here's hoping!

lastly, how disgustingly cute is this mason jar herb garden?

i think i need to try this one, like, yesterday.