Article: Window-box herbs satisfy a renter's cultivated tastes

Amanageable herb garden on a kitchen windowsill may be just the right touch for people who have a yen to putter among plants but shy away from the thought of getting down and dirty in the back yard.

Cultivating herbs indoors is almost as easy as growing houseplants, but much more rewarding for the home cook, who can pluck an aromatic leaf from an herb plant just steps away from the stove to add verve to any culinary creation.

"There is something that's lost in the purchased herbs. The fresh stuff that you've grown yourself is infinitely better," said Barbara Ellis, garden editor at Rodale Press Books in Emmaus, Pa.

"Keeping them convenient is important for any kind of herb,"

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