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Here are the top indoor herb gardening kits available on the Web.
An Aerogarden's not for everyone of course. The good news is, there are plenty of choices for those who prefer to "old fashioned" indoor gardening at a more affordable price.
Here are the top ten indoor herb gardening kits available on the Web. While there are dozens more, these ten have been proven to be the most popular and the highest quality ones you can find on the Web. They're available from a number of popular Internet retailers, and are ranked here in order of their quality (based on our own research, as well as compilations of online reviews).
GrowBottles
, available at UncommonGoods.Com, are a fascinating new invention from the good folks at Potting Shed Creations. It's a neat little hydroponic contraption designed just for herbs that's repurposed from a fine wine bottle, and coplete with clay pebbles, a wool wick, plant nutrients, a cork coaster, and seeds. It is as beautiful as it is useful. AND it's made in the USA. Choose between organic basil, chives, or mint.
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Organic Rice Hull Herb Gardens
, available at UncommonGoods.Com,
are not only beautiful, they're great for the environment. The containers are made from grain husks, but shaped to look even more beautiful than anything made of plastic or terra cotta. They last upwards of five years, but if you ever want to throw them out, you can do so without any worries, as they are biodegradable.
They come with pots and saucers, and you can choose which seeds you wish to plan inside them: lemon basil, garlic chives, or parsley.
At only $16, it'll pay for yourself within a few weeks of your first harvest! Compare the price you'd pay in the supermarket for buying bunches of fresh herbs each week.
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This Herb Planting Bag
, available from Gardener's Supply Company, is a huge hit in Europe, where space is definitely at a premium.
It's a clever sturdy plastic bag which holds both plants and soil security, and has plenty of room for root growth. Holes on the sides on bottom allow for good drainage and aeration (they go great on a sunny porch or patio), and sturdy handles allow you to carry the whole container of herbs to the kitchen when you're cooking, and then back to where you're growing them. It's the closest thing to having an outdoor herb garden, and with Gardener's Supply Company you can be assured that the quality will be excellent.
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Burpee is the company which got me interested in gardening as a kid when I planted my first Big Boy tomatoes.
The Gourmet Herb Gift Set is a complete kit for the Gourmet Gardener. It contains a container, soil, and seeds for the most useful herbs for cooking: Greek Oregano, Italian Parsley, Genovese Basil, and Common Chives. It also comes with Herb Snips for easy harvesting.
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From the good folks at OrganicBouquet comes these eco-friendly
EcoHerb Kits.
Choose from Set B, which includes Parsley, Cilantro, Nasturtium, andThyme, or Set B, which includes Basil, Oregano, Chives, and Parsley.
The kit comes with eco-friendly pots which retain water better than plastic, and yet still can be composted when you're done with them. It also comes with organic soil conditioner, meaning that whatever soil you put in will be rich and nutritious. It also comes with a micro-nutrient plant food that you add monthly, and a mat which helps you reduce watering. The seeds are 100% certified organic. It's a great gift for the eco-friendly person in your life.
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Despite having the most ridiculously long product name on all of Amazon.Com, this 
Indoor Culinary Herb Garden Starter Kit - Everything You Need to Start
Growing Fresh Cooking Herbs & Spices - Great Gift Idea! - Seeds: Parsley, Thyme, Cilantro, Basil, Dill,
Oregano, Sweet Marjoram, Chives, Sabory, Garlic Chives, Mustard, Sage. Rated Top Herb Garden By Wall Street
Journal Weekend Journal & Five Star Review Editors Choice
Update: the company selling this product on Amazon has since shortened the name of the product above. But not to be outdone, if you're looking for a planter to use for your indoor herb garden, they now sell the Garden Stacker Planter + Indoor Culinary Herb Garden Kit - Makes a Great Gift Idea - Grow Cooking Herbs Indoors or Outdoors Year Round - Seeds: Parsley, Thyme, Cilantro / Coriander, Basil, Dill, Oregano, Sweet Marjoram, Chives, Savory, Garlic Chives, Mustard & Sage. Includes Seed, Starter Peat Pellets, Greenhouse Dome Tray, Instructions, And Amazing Stack-A-Pot Stackable Planter: Just Stack & Grow. Stacking Planter Comes With Hanging Chain To Stack Or Hang. Includes Seed, Starter Peat Pellets, Greenhouse Dome Tray, Instructions, And Amazing Stack-A-Pot Stackable Planter: Just Stack & Grow. Stacking Planter Comes With Hanging Chain To Stack Or Hang.
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The Complete Herb Garden Kit
is one of the best bargains you'll find on this list, coming in at under $10.
It comes with four of the most used herbs: oregano, parsley, basil, and chives, and its own biodegradable container, which after you throw it out will be completely gone after 36 months!
And since it comes from Burpee, you know the seeds will be the highest quality.
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, an ingenious little idea that originated in Japan.
The Eggling looks and feels like a real egg (it's actually made of porous ceramic), but when you crack its top, you see a garden ready for planting! It comes with a terra cotta tray, and you can choose from Italian Parsley
Plants grow for up to five months indoors, and after that you can plant the whole Eggling outside. Each comes in a gift box.
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The Dunecraft Culinary Herb Garden
is a clever idea. It's like having your very own greenhouse, free from air pollutants, bugs, and other things that might get in the way of your herbs growing.
This kit contains everything needed to keep fresh herbs in your home for months. The five individual seed packs (basil, cilantro, parsley, dill, sage) contain enough seed for three or more plantings. The complete instruction manual explains how to sprout, grow, harvest, and use all of the herbs in your Culinary Herb Garden.
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Okay, sing with with me: "ch-ch-ch-chia!"
That's right, the same people who made the incredible sprouting ram, pig, puppy, and Scooby Doo have introduced Chia Herb Garden Fresh Herbs.
The Chia company combined their patented growing sponge with terra cotta pots and saucers and seeds for curled parsley, dill, chives, basil, cilantro and marjoram. The kit also includes six plant markers, complete, easy-to-follow instructions, recipes and helpful hints.
Reviews have been mixed. Some report amazing results, while others say that seeds never sprout. This is probably because when kits like this are mass-produced, they sit in a warehouse for months at a time, and of course that can affect the seeds.
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from Amazon
