Over the past few months, I've been thinking of trying to start a small herb garden on my windowsill. Nothing major, just a few small pots. I've never had much success with growing things. (Go ahead. Ask me about the Soybean Fiasco.) In fact, one year, a flower in the container garden on our balcony bloomed while DangerBear was away on business, so I took a picture to prove that it actually happened:
Anyway, back to the herbs. Seeing as how it's the middle of winter, I wasn't expecting to come across seed packets. A couple of weeks ago, though, we were wandering around Lowe's and I happened upon a gardening display. Ooh, seeds! I need some seeds! So I bought some:
See the price in the corner?
That's what I paid for them. It seemed kind of expensive, but I didn't think too much about it.
The following week, I found seed packets on sale for less than half that. Chalk one up for impulse buying.
Ouch! ;-) No worries, I've heard of worse impulse buys... like vehicles!
Yup, seeds are definitely cheaper than cars!!
At least you can comfort yourself by dividing the cost by the amount of plants you will get and the savings of not buying veggies.
I know how you feel , I bought some BeeBalm this year for 2.95 a packet , a few days latter a friend sent me the a vial of BeeBalm seed.
Thank you both for visiting!
Assuming I can get the seeds to grow, I'll still save money by growing my own. A packet of fresh herbs at my grocery store costs $4!
I usually don't use the whole packet so I have some for the following yr. Beans, cucumber are to name a few.
But there are some I haave to buy every yr.
I want to start an herb garden too.
That's true. Unless I want to plant a LOT of herbs, I can save some of the seeds. =)