Mr Fothergills: Kitchen Herbs - Windowsill Tin

The colourful modern design of this all-in-one windowsill kit is sure to makethis the gift that will impress.

There is nothing better than picking fresh herbs from your windowsill garden.Herbs grow well indoors and with only a little time, water and sunlight you canenjoy herbs all year round. This Kitchen Herbs windowsill kit has everything youneed to get started including 3 of the most popular growing herbs inAustralia – basil, chives & parsley.

How To Grow

PREPARE

• To provide some drainage, place pebbles into the bottom of the windowsilltin before covering with soil.
• Put the Jiffy® soil pellets into a large bowl and add about 600ml oflukewarm water.
• After 10 minutes you will have enough soil to fill yourwindowsill tin.
• Loosen the soil with a table fork and put your new soil into the pot.
• Leave about 10% of the soil in the bowl to use later.

SOW

• Divide soil into three sections and sprinkle a few seeds of one variety persection.
• Lightly cover the seeds with 5mm of the soil you have left in the bowl andgently firm.
• Water lightly and place in a warm well lit spot in your home.
• To maintain the humidity cover the windowsill pot with cling film.
• Water regularly just enough to keep moist.
• Remove the cling film when the first shoots appear.
• You should see the first sign of seedlings after 10 days, germination ofparsley is slower, 21–28 days.
• When the plants are 5cm tall, thin to leave only the 3 strongest plants(6–8 plants for Chives). * This allows the herbs to have plenty of space todevelop.
• The surplus plants can be planted into another pot or direct into the gardenfrom mid Spring.

CARE

• Feed with half strength liquid fertiliser every 10–14 days to promotehealthy growth.
• Your fresh herbs will be ready to harvest in 8–12 weeks.

HARVEST

• Enjoy freshly picked herbs 3 or 4 times a week to encourage new growth anda bushy plant.
• Chives do not retain their onion flavour when dried so that’s even morereason to grow indoors and have them readily available for cooking.
• Basil is best used fresh. It does not dry well however does freezesuccessfully.
• Parsley dries and freezes well but is best picked fresh and usedstraight away!

Features:

• Each kit comes with a coloured metal pot with drainage holes and drip tray,seeds, soil pellet and plant tags with chalk board.
• Dimensions (mm): 275L x 110W x 95H
• Tin made of galvanised steel with zinc coating.

Delivery Times

Due to the high level of demand we kindly ask that customers be patient with us and to expect that orders will take longer than usual to be dispatched during Level 3. 

Due to the significant increase in the number of parcels being sent around New Zealand at present and additional safety procedures in place for COVID-19, NZ Post is experiencing some delivery delays. Please allow an additional 5 working days after dispatch for delivery of your order.

We encourage you to track your delivery progress using NZ Post's Tracking tool and contact us if your delivery is overdue by more than these 5 working days after dispatch.

Heavy and Bulky Goods

Please allow an extra 1-3 days for heavy and bulky goods like chairs and desks.

New Zealand Delivery Rates

We charge a flat rate of $4.90 NZD per shipment, not including heavy and bulky goods. 

Please note we have a $50-$60 rate for shipping heavy and bulky goods like chairs and desks which will be calculated at checkout. 

Most orders are shipped using New Zealand Post and these parcels are shipped with no-signature required. For our heavy and bulky goods, these are shipped via Mainfreight with signature required.