The Beginner’s Guide to a Balcony Herb Garden (Part 2.B): Harvesting

If you’ve read my previous couple of posts about an update on my balcony herb garden and the Part 2.A to this post, you know I’ve been struggling with my Basil plant for awhile now. I thought it was back to being healthy, but we had a heat wave come through a few weeks back and it hit 111 degrees in the valley…with a South facing balcony, the newly recovered Basil didn’t stand a chance, and to add insult to injury the heat also scorched my Parsley. I decided the Basil had met its end

The Beginner’s Guide to a Balcony Herb Garden (Part 2.A): Harvesting

So I almost killed my Basil plant…luckily Basil is a very hearty little thing, so it sprung back after two weeks of uncertainty. I lost about 4 stems total, but there are like 10 in all – and even more happily growing again – so we’re all good. My takeaway from the experience: don’t put salt in or around your herbs! But let me back up:

A Quick Post of Updates – Zero Waste Litter & Lots of Herbs!

I realize it’s been a month since my last post! I have 25 drafts in progress for posts I want to publish, but the business of life and of work, and the effort and research required to get some of my really good posts out has created quite a setback this past month.

So here’s a quick update for you: I’ve come across my first real roadblock with zero waste, and it involves my cats!

The Beginner’s Guide to a Balcony Herb Garden (Part 1): Planting

Over the last two days, I’ve created a little balcony herb garden! Herbs are one of the more challenging things to make zero waste in your kitchen (though not my only zero waste challenge to date). I’ve been unable to find bulk herbs so far, but the easier, greener and more rewarding way to get fresh herbs is to grow them yourself!