Comments on: Starting From Seed: In Which the Herbs Fail Us (or We Fail the Herbs) http://willkillforfood.com/2009/06/30/starting-from-seed-in-which-the-herbs-fail-us-or-we-fail-the-herbs/ eating to live and living to eat Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:18:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Josh Hathaway http://willkillforfood.com/2009/06/30/starting-from-seed-in-which-the-herbs-fail-us-or-we-fail-the-herbs/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Josh Hathaway Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:37:38 +0000 http://willkillforfood.com/?p=86#comment-32 I just wish I liked tomatoes! This all sounds really, really tasty. I love cooking with fresh herbs. My few attempts have generally been made with the store bought variety but a couple times I have gotten to use the fresh and it's a lot of fun. I get so stressed out about what I'm making being edible and I feel so out of my element, but I still like something about it. We have a very small patio (we're a downstairs). Our apartment management is funny about things, but we might be able to get away with something like that. Hmm. We really might have to investigate this further. I just wish I liked tomatoes! This all sounds really, really tasty. I love cooking with fresh herbs. My few attempts have generally been made with the store bought variety but a couple times I have gotten to use the fresh and it’s a lot of fun. I get so stressed out about what I’m making being edible and I feel so out of my element, but I still like something about it.

We have a very small patio (we’re a downstairs). Our apartment management is funny about things, but we might be able to get away with something like that. Hmm. We really might have to investigate this further.

]]> By: Mark Saleski http://willkillforfood.com/2009/06/30/starting-from-seed-in-which-the-herbs-fail-us-or-we-fail-the-herbs/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Mark Saleski Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:25:51 +0000 http://willkillforfood.com/?p=86#comment-31 i have offered to cook dinner for josh but dang, alabama is a loooong drive! i have offered to cook dinner for josh but dang, alabama is a loooong drive!

]]> By: Lisa http://willkillforfood.com/2009/06/30/starting-from-seed-in-which-the-herbs-fail-us-or-we-fail-the-herbs/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Lisa Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:14:16 +0000 http://willkillforfood.com/?p=86#comment-29 That same "salad," only with the tomatoes diced instead of sliced and a bit of olive oil added, is one of my favorite summertime pasta sauces. No cooking except to boil the pasta for ten minutes. Even Josh could do it. That same “salad,” only with the tomatoes diced instead of sliced and a bit of olive oil added, is one of my favorite summertime pasta sauces. No cooking except to boil the pasta for ten minutes. Even Josh could do it.

]]> By: Mark Saleski http://willkillforfood.com/2009/06/30/starting-from-seed-in-which-the-herbs-fail-us-or-we-fail-the-herbs/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Mark Saleski Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:50:46 +0000 http://willkillforfood.com/?p=86#comment-26 basil is crazy easy to grow. you can mostly ignore it and it will still grow. plus, you can make something sooo tasty...like a salad of tomato slices, fresh mozarella, basil leaves, roasted garlic, and balsamic vinegar. it hardly qualifies as 'cooking' and tastes so good you'll want to smack yourself upside the head. or something. basil is crazy easy to grow. you can mostly ignore it and it will still grow.

plus, you can make something sooo tasty…like a salad of tomato slices, fresh mozarella, basil leaves, roasted garlic, and balsamic vinegar.

it hardly qualifies as ‘cooking’ and tastes so good you’ll want to smack yourself upside the head.

or something.

]]> By: Lisa http://willkillforfood.com/2009/06/30/starting-from-seed-in-which-the-herbs-fail-us-or-we-fail-the-herbs/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Lisa Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:39:44 +0000 http://willkillforfood.com/?p=86#comment-25 Keep visiting, and I'll post some recipes that have almost no learning curve. As far as space goes, do you guys have a deck? Even a small one? Or a patio? Bryan and Caitlin have <a href="http://www.earthbox.com/consumer/instructions.html" rel="nofollow">one of these</a> on their fairly small deck, and are growing two enormous tomato plants in them. Two people can eat for a season off that. And you can grow a pot of basil on a windowsill indoors. See, I have an answer for every protest! Except for the time management issue, to which I can only reply that we somehow manage to find the time for the things we really want to do. Keep visiting, and I’ll post some recipes that have almost no learning curve. As far as space goes, do you guys have a deck? Even a small one? Or a patio? Bryan and Caitlin have one of these on their fairly small deck, and are growing two enormous tomato plants in them. Two people can eat for a season off that.

And you can grow a pot of basil on a windowsill indoors. See, I have an answer for every protest! Except for the time management issue, to which I can only reply that we somehow manage to find the time for the things we really want to do.

]]> By: Josh Hathaway http://willkillforfood.com/2009/06/30/starting-from-seed-in-which-the-herbs-fail-us-or-we-fail-the-herbs/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Josh Hathaway Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:27:15 +0000 http://willkillforfood.com/?p=86#comment-24 It's about time management for me. I enjoy cooking the few times I've honestly attempted it, but I feel too compressed to really learn. Gardening is mostly about space at the apartment and partly about time. I could see myself enjoying something very, very small and finding something uplifting about it. I know Ashlie would. It’s about time management for me. I enjoy cooking the few times I’ve honestly attempted it, but I feel too compressed to really learn.

Gardening is mostly about space at the apartment and partly about time. I could see myself enjoying something very, very small and finding something uplifting about it. I know Ashlie would.

]]> By: Lisa http://willkillforfood.com/2009/06/30/starting-from-seed-in-which-the-herbs-fail-us-or-we-fail-the-herbs/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Lisa Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:07:59 +0000 http://willkillforfood.com/?p=86#comment-23 Oh, Josh, you <i>should</i> start cooking. It's good for the soul. I think this garden thing is good for the soul, too, but I'm going to withhold judgment until we actually pluck something edible from the ground. Oh, Josh, you should start cooking. It’s good for the soul. I think this garden thing is good for the soul, too, but I’m going to withhold judgment until we actually pluck something edible from the ground.

]]> By: Josh Hathaway http://willkillforfood.com/2009/06/30/starting-from-seed-in-which-the-herbs-fail-us-or-we-fail-the-herbs/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Josh Hathaway Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:01:39 +0000 http://willkillforfood.com/?p=86#comment-22 It certainly sounds that way to me. A good friend of ours has had a lot of success with planting her own herb garden. She tried getting me to go down that road and while I'd love to it's not easy to do in an apartment. I'd also feel obligated to start cooking, and that's just crazy talk. It certainly sounds that way to me. A good friend of ours has had a lot of success with planting her own herb garden. She tried getting me to go down that road and while I’d love to it’s not easy to do in an apartment. I’d also feel obligated to start cooking, and that’s just crazy talk.

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