Blueberry Lemon-Verbena Popsicles from the book Ice Pops by Shelly Kaldunski

For the past two weeks I've been scouring the city for lemon verbena, which is a key ingredient in the Blueberry-Lemon Verbena popsicles I've been wanting to make for my daughter. After a few weeks with no luck, I finally broke down and ordered an entire lemon verbena plant on-line.

This led me to the realization that it's impossible to find good herbs in the Fall/Winter! So, armed with the sunny ledge in my kitchen and my Amazon account, I got to work on building my very own herb garden. I've ordered all of the components and now it's just a waiting game. I'll keep all of you posted on this little project of mine as it develops.





Here's the sunny ledge, currently home to my cookbooks, the lemon verbena plant, some faux grass, and of course-a pineapple.





Here are all of the components that I'm so patiently waiting for. 1. I started off with a self-watering windowsill planter in white. It has it's own mini- irrigation system so I don't have to worry about forgetting to water the herbs. 2. The Chia Herb Garden provides you with six different basic herbs. 3. My entire family loves cilantro so I had to order a little bit extra. 4. I couldn't resist ordering the Chia Hippo so I could start teaching my daughter how things grow.

Oh, and by the way....here's my little happy camper eating her poposicle: