Hello, my name is Ashley and I am a terrible gardener.  Personally, I don’t think it should be all that hard to grow herbs inside and so I am kind of taking this whole fungus and bug infestation thing kind of personally.  I did everything right– I did!  There are rocks and some sand and then soil, I try not to over water, I feed my plants with compost tea and and and I still got fungus and bugs.

I didn’t take any photos of the fungal infection that got into my plants, but I can tell you what I’m trying: vegetable oil, baking soda, castile soap, and water.  I didn’t want to use any of the super harsh anti-fungals (afterall, isn’t the point of growing your own veggies and herbs that you wont have to worry about yucky chemicals).  Anyway, I found this suggestiong after some Google searching for things like “home remedy for house plant fungus” etc.  I found this website, GHOrganics, that has some nice ideas for different sprays to control fungus, pests, etc.

Right, so I scraped off the top 2 inches of soil, mixed up some anti-fungal spray and am hoping for the best.  Also, helpful piece of knowledge: a typical spray nozzle fits onto a Miller High Life bottle- go figure.  I’m happy because it is glass, was pulled out of my recycling bin, and did NOT require a trip tot he hardware store.  If I have to spend much more on this little indoor herb garden experament I wont be able to justify this as a cost effective way of getting herbs.

Oh, and this is just more evidence that Baking Soda can pretty much fix any problem in the home.  I really need to invest in that book, Baking Soda, with 500+ uses for this fabulous household powder.