Having an herb garden on a fire escape sounds a little magical. Maybe it’s because the carefully tended pots of herbs and flowers somehow humanize the fire escape, a quintessential symbol of harsh urban living. We’re somehow eeking life out steel, and living off the land we don’t have. In fact, I’ve always thought you [...]
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12 Mar
Buy it or grow it: Basil
Stop and Shop in Boston sells non-organic basil for $2.79 for a 2.5 ounce package. That’s not really enough to make a whole batch of pesto and won’t keep longer than a week. Seed Savers Exchange sells a packet of organic basil seeds for $2.75 and added $3.00 for shipping to Boston. You will probably [...]
