Growing Herbs in Containers

Tip: Shell Herb Garden

If you'd like to grow some of your own herbs for cooking purposes, why not make the garden they are grown in decorative? Plant the herbs in various clam shells and conk shells for display!

Needed:

• various shells
• potting soil (seeding blend)
• measuring cup (or any kind of scoop)
• watering can and water
• herb seeds (parsley, basil, sage, rosemary, thyme, etc.)

Instructions:

1. Choose various shells with deep crevices.
2. Fill shells with potting soil (using the measuring cup as a scoop).
3. Sprinkle potting soil with various herb seeds.
4. Gently water the soil and seeds.
5. Place in your outdoor garden, kitchen, windowsill or anywhere you want decorative plants.
6. Once the herb plants are 1 inch tall, transplant in a prepared area (or even deeper shells) for continued growth.

In natural shells, this garden looks quite nice outdoors. It blends in with the surrounding area and gives a subtle, decorative touch.

 

Additional step: have adults or children paint the shells before planting the garden for a more vibrant looking garden.

This project is quite easy, and can be done by the youngest child.

Question: Growing Herbs in a Container Garden?

terry

July 24, 2010

When growing herbs, is it better to grow them all together or in separate pots or doesn't it matter?

By terry from Qld

Answers

jeannette

July 28, 20100 found this helpful

I suggest you group each herb in its own container. Certain herbs require dry soil, others like to be kept more moist. How would you handle this problem if they are in the same pot? One plant would suffer. Guess it would be okay to put more than one type of plant in the same container as long as they both had the same requirements for sun and water. Happy planting.

 

Question: Growing Herbs Together in One Container?

If you grow a variety of herbs in one pot together, will it affect the taste of certian herbs?

By Coley H. from Omaha, NE