Herby

I like herbs, I've decided. Not for cooking -- although that's a good idea, too.

Mostly, though, I like walking past them, stopping, and rubbing their leaves while smelling them. Kinda like a real-life Scratch 'N' Sniff experience.

We had a few in Seattle, but we had to leave them behind: trying to import plants is a pain. So, even though we've lived here for about six years, we didn't have any herbs.


But, about two weeks ago our local Aldi store had a few different types of potted herbs (in the teeny little "starter pots") for $2.50 each, so we picked up a few (I think three). Then the next day, while at Ikea, we picked up another flavor. I planted them in larger pots (I've discovered that pots need to have a certain minimum volume, or else they dry out too easily), after dividing the little bunches to "fluff them out" a bit.

The next week, I noticed that Aldi had discounted the herbs from $2.50 to $1.50. So I bought two more flavors. And a few days later, I bought one more flavor again.

In the photo, I've grouped the various flavors together. I think there's a total of nine edible types of herbs -- plus lavender, which probably isn't edible and which we already had, but needed re-potting.


It's nearby the workshop/storage shed: every time I go out there, I give a few of them a sniff.


--GG