Cooking with fresh herbs can be very rewarding, with pockets of flavor lighting up your taste buds. You will need to use double what your recipe calls for when you’re using vibrant, fresh spices, rather than old, dried up spices, but this will be of no concern to you if you’re growing your own indoor herb garden! Use a pinch of basil to spice up your tomato sauce, some chives to liven up potatoes or a few tablespoons of oregano to create a blackening beef or chicken rub. To get started, you can purchase the Italian Herb Garden Trio: Indoor Garden Gift Set for less than .

“You won’t believe the difference in flavor between using dried seasonings and using the herbs you’ll grow with our classic Italian Herb Garden Trio. You can’t get fresher ingredients,” says the official description. The Italian Herb Garden Trio: Indoor Garden Gift Set comes with three attractive, green, 7 inch stoneware planters; a 13-inch long drip tray; seeds for three aromatic herbs (basil, oregano and chives); growing instructions; and peat soil pellets (which will expand when exposed to water). As with any garden, buyers will need to pay attention to water, temperature and sunlight requirements to achieve success with this product. If you like this kit, you can also buy the French Herb Garden Trio, with Parsley, marjoram and lemon basil. For $11.95, you can also buy Amazon’s “Assortment of 12 Culinary Herb Seeds” that includes parsley, thyme, cilantro/coriander, basil, dill, oregano, sweet marjoram, chives, garlic, mustard and sage — and can be grown in the same pots if you’d like.

Consumers say the Italian Herb Garden Trio: Indoor Garden Gift Set makes a great present for spouses, friends and newlyweds. The drip tray is a convenient way for people to water the plants without destroying the house and to retain moisture during the dry winter. The reusable pots can hold cat nip or other spices if you’d like, which buyers seem to like. They can sit on windowsills, countertops or office desks to add a little bit of life to your space. The plants can grow to four or five inches if you take care of them and be used to garnish sauces, potatoes, veggies and meats. Most online reviews appear favorable, as people relish in their gift finding abilities.

One buyer who ordered the Italian Herb Garden Trio: Indoor Garden Gift Set through Amazon commented that the product was nice but “seemed a little pricey for what you get, especially when you include the shipping charge.” However, the price has come down considerably from the .99 original retail. Consumers can now purchase the kit through www.amazon.com for just .63. The only danger with ordering through online vendors is that you need to look at the sellers’ ratings. Sometimes people who placed orders complained that they did not receive the seeds or they received old seeds that didn’t work in the kit for some reason. A new Italian Herb Garden kit can also be purchased from www.windowbox.com for .99.

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