So, here was the solution my mom came up with.
It's simplicity is it's genius! One pot, 5 herbs. The beauty of this is that even the gardening-challenged can do it (successfully!) and keep it alive!
First, take a strawberry pot (available at any home and gardening store or Walmart and Target around the spring time) and fill it with potting soil.
Choose your favorite herbs. Around this time of year you can find pretty much any herb you've ever heard of and more (In the picture above I have chocolate mint and onion chive, don't be afraid to experiment!)
For the herbs that will be in the four smaller openings of the pot break off a small portion of the plant and push it into the opening as far as you can so that the roots are in the soil.
Finally, plant the main herb in the top of the pot and water, water, water.
What to do with the leftover plants from the four little sections? Make another! Give it to mom for Mother's Day or to a friend as a housewarming or just-because gift.
That's it! It won't take all day gardening to have fresh herbs in your kitchen, this project won't take more than 15 minutes. And come on, what else can you do in 15 minutes?
Oh, and a bonus tip; when you have fresh herbs but no recipe to use them in, chop them up and put a tablespoon in each cup of an ice cube tray. Fill it the rest of the way up with water and they will keep for months. Just thaw them out when you're ready to use them!
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