If only I had a kitchen window!

I love the tea tin pots. I always hate to toss them when they're empty.

OMG, this is too cute--I save boxes anyway and this is definitely a good excuse to continue doing so!

Let's not forget that many of us live in apartments - giving us at best a 25% chance of having a sunny window sill. With a good fluorescent lamp, you can grow your own herbs without that sunny window.

You know how to kill herbs? Grow them in pots without drainage.

you could easily drill holes in the bottom of those tea tins

Just a heads up - tomatos will not grow in a metal tin, but will end up decaying and dying. Their acid reacts badly to the metal.

That said, I've been picking up metal tins at the thrift store and drilling holes in them for my balcony garden. Except for that blip, they work great!

i am definitely going to attempt to do something like this. my only concern is that my cat will try to eat and/or dig up the plants. not that she eats the cat grass i buy her, but of course if it's something she's not supposed to touch, she loves it.

I'm excited to give this a shot in my own apartment! We have a shelf by the window that's now empty now that we've eaten the last of the squash from the fall.
My roommate's crazy about the idea, too - more green inside, and more fresh herbs! Can't go wrong!