New herbs for a new home!

So, we're here in Midland all moved in. We've been spending time exploring all of town, which is of course small and doesn't take much time, but it's been fun. One thing Midland has to offer is a good farmers' market downtown on Wednesday and Saturday mornings. Coming from Berkeley, our expectations may have been a bit low for a mid-Michigan market, and we were pleasantly surprised. There are a lot of flowers available right now, and every time we've been, there have been more fruits and vegetables. Some are from California, but we'll ignore that. Everything we've bought has been fresh and tasty. They sell some herbs there, so we figured it'd be time to try growing our own again.

I tried growing some in Berkeley, but they unfortunately can't survive a large amount of neglect. Who'd have thought? I put them outside at our old place, so I never thought about watering or pruning them unless I was on my way in or out from school. Now, though, we've got these beautiful plants growing next to our large sliding door and under a full spectrum CFL. The Thai basil, with its large purple flowers (that we pruned after a day so it wouldn't stop producing leaves) and Greek oregano, tasted delicious on some pasta. We haven't had the mint (in its own pot to prevent aggresively taking over the others), but it smells great rubbed on my fingers. Even though we've only had them a few days, we're getting excited about someday having some real ground and a real garden. Until then, we'll survive with some potted herbs.