I've begun to think about what to get all the various people on my gift list this year and I've come up with a simple idea that will work for at least a few of those folks. Most of the people in my life are not gardeners mainly because they think either they don't have the space for such a thing (apartment dwellers, etc.) or they think they wouldn't know the first thing about how to keep a plant alive.

So, this morning I went out to my local nursery and bought a cool pot and a few small herbs - rosemary, oregano and sage. I'll plant these things together and presto! - a beautiful and compact herb garden that can be kept outside or even on a windowsill if space is an issue. If these people cook and can actually use these herbs, all the better. If not, it'll add a little green into their lives. I've seen these kinds of things being sold at the farmer's market for quite a bit of money but putting it together myself will cost me about $20.

I hope my girlfriends...

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