My first pie & herb garden

Now this isnt my very first ever pie I have gone from making straight up frozen pies, to buying just the pie shell and making my own filling to what i did yesterday. I made Ree's Perfect Pie Crust and I used Fresh Pumpkin Pie Filling and baked. Now before I started any of this I of course was going to do it from scratch all the way so I even roasted my own pumpkins and acorn squash specifically for pie. And upon discovering that I do not in fact own a pie plate I would have to improvise so I decided to make it in a spring form pan and have it come out like a tart. Brilliant. Or so I thought until I realized that again I know longer own a spring form pan. Back to the drawing board. And decided on a 10 inch cake pan would have to work and after painstakingly lining it with parchment paper I put the dough inside and than the filling both of which I made by hand no Kitchenaid. placed in the oven and one hour later I took out my pie/cake only to see that the top of the crust that was above the filling had leaned in towards the center, it was a little work getting it out and it broke some on the sides but for the most part it worked (i'm going out asap to buy a spring form pan).
After we had dinner of spaghetti I cut into it and gave my husband who has never had pumpkin pie (or so he says) the first slice. He said it was pretty good. My son had some and as its his favorite I knew he would like it and he did he actually had 2 slices (hey its all natural right?) and than I had my peice and you know what it was pretty good, the crust was flaky and the filling was just right real silky smooth and not too pumpkiny just enough. So I am no longer afraid of pie crusts Im going to embrace them and try out different recipes til I get my perfect crust.
Also since school has started i have been thinking about having an herb garden I knowing myself and the fact that I lose interest quickly I figured the easiest most fool proof way for me to keep up with it was to have a windowsill herb garden. So today I picked up a few pots, a 4 planter set of herbs, additional herbs and soil. After less than 5 minutes of work I have now started my own windowsill herb garden containing cilantro, rosemary, thyme, chives, basil, and oregano. I thought these are the most common herbs that I would get the most use of.

-EGG