i've never grown anything before, but just bought my first house & it has a garden window in the kitchen (and a garden out back) i was wanting to start trying to grow some herbs from seed first, can i do that at anytime during the year inside? any tips? thanks! also, any suggestions?? i'm in the pacific northwest.

I would like to build this window from wood.

live in a flat where only sunny window sill also share space with numerous pigeons. but i love to cook with fresh herbs, like oregano, thyme, rosemary, coriander, parsley, etc. can anyone give me tips on how to do this on a window sill garden? is it really bad if they get the occassional pigeon poop? i would know how to keep them pesky pigeons away from the plants.

I want a little/tiny garden or similar however, I live in nyc and only have window sills and stray cats.. I think this is hopeless. I would be happy with herbs but the cats love to sit on our window sill so how would I stop them? Help.