Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> Omelet > newsmpomelet-3076E1.22445211012009
> @news.giganews.com: in rec.food.cooking
>
>> In article >,
>> "Jean B." > wrote:
>>
>>> koko wrote:
>>>> I finally bought an Aero Garden.
>>>> http://i39.tinypic.com/zx305y.jpg
>>>>
>>>> I vacillated for the longest time about buying this. It's pretty
>>>> expensive and I have a few other things I could spend $149.00 on, I
>>>> mean heaven forbid I put it in the savings account.
>>>> The more I looked into it and read about it and heard comments on
> it,
>>>> the more convinced I became I needed one. My primary reason is that
> I
>>>> live 27 miles from the closest fresh herb, bummer.
>>>> I decided that when I got my next 20% off coupon from Bed Bath &
>>>> Beyond I was going to have one.
>>>> Yesterday in an e-mail from BB&B was a 20% off printable store
> coupon,
>>>> so off I went, coupon in hand, fighting the terrible winds, through
>>>> the mountains, down the valleys, up the ridges...o.k. I exaggerate,
>>>> but it has been terribly windy here the past few days.
>>>>
>>>> Good things come to those who wait. Yesterday I scored. Not only are
>>>> they on sale on the web and at BB&B but with my 20% off coupon
>>>> Wahoooo!!!!!!!!!! $103.19
>>>>
>>>> The herb kit that came with it has Dill, Genovese basil, thyme,
> mint,
>>>> chives and oregano.
>>>> It comes with everything you need to get started. I figured each pod
>>>> runs about $2.85 and you'll get a lot of fresh herbs for the money.
>>>>
>>>> Warning, progress reports to follow. I can't wait until the first
>>>> little green sprouts show
>>>>
>>>> koko

>>>>
>>>> There is no love more sincere than the love of food
>>>> George Bernard Shaw
>>>> www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
>>>> updated 01/11
>>> Interesting. I wonder where I'd put such a thing?
>> The problem I have is that my cats would eat it. <g>
>
> No kidding. I can't have anything green in the house. I can't bring
> flowers in from the garden, have houseplants or even silk plants or
> flowers. They eat the real plants and chew the snot out of the fake
> plants. And they puke.
>
> Michael
>
>
Grow a flat of oats or for them; they'll eat that instead of your plants
or flowers. You can also buy "kitty grass" either already growing or as
packets of seeds.

Cats are really fond of greens; apparently they eat young spring grass
for vitamins, and coarser later-season grass as an irritant to help
cough up hairballs.