Terrific Tuesdays: Portable Herb Garden

Posted by Kelly on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 in Projects

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Hallo Lemonheads! Today’s Terrific Tuesdays project is an herb garden…And a portable one at that. I live in a rental house, and hope to be moving soon. My dream of building a permanent herb garden will have to wait until next spring, but that doesn’t mean I can’t have one at all. I just have to make sure I can move it if I need to. So, here we go…

My supply list:

Herbs you love (3 or so)
Large Terra Cotta pot
Potting Mix
Garden Markers

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This is a simple little project, but it looks great and is very helpful if you cook with herbs.

My mom and I took a little trip to a local nursery and found lots of cool plants. The herbs I found were sage, variegated lemon thyme (to go with my regular lemon thyme), basil and rosemary.

First fill your pot about 2/3 full with potting mix.

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Next take one herb plant at a time and massage the roots a bit to loosen them. Then create a hole in your potting mix and drop it in.

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Continue to do this with the rest of your herbs until you have them all placed.

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Now backfill your pot to cover the roots of your plants. Don’t fill your pot to the very top with soil. Make sure you leave about 1″ for watering purposes.

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Mark your plants with the fun garden markers that we made last week.

Notes: Some people fertilize their herbs, but I don’t because I think that unfertilized herbs have more oils for a stronger flavor.

Your herbs will grow and fill in the pot, so sit back and wait for a beautiful pot of herbs to grace your porch!

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25 Comments »

25 Lemonheads said:

Rhonda, on April 14th, 2009 at 8:32 am Said:

This is the cutest idea!! Love your blog so much a friend and I have just started our own. Check us out at
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Kelly, on April 14th, 2009 at 9:12 am Said:

Thanks so much Rhonda! I appreciate you and your blog is so cute. Best of luck.
lyndsey, on April 14th, 2009 at 11:17 am Said:

okay — this is a perfect post. i live in a tiny apartment and have always wanted to plant things, so this could totally work for me.

ALSO, i’m teaching some girls at my church’s youth group how to plant things tomorrow night and i was sort of stressing about it — but your step by step tutorial is just what i needed! thanks kelly :)
Kelly, on April 14th, 2009 at 11:19 am Said:

Yay! I am so glad I can help…You can do it and so can they!
Rachel, on April 14th, 2009 at 2:20 pm Said:

So cute! I’ll be linking to this. I’m so excited that it’s gardening time again! I’m planting brussel sprouts tomorrow, I can’t wait!
Kelly, on April 14th, 2009 at 2:27 pm Said:

Thanks Rach! Can’t wait to see it. Good luck with the sprouts!
Cynthia, on April 14th, 2009 at 9:33 pm Said:

I love your plant markers. I need to make some of them, so cute and great idea for renters. You, as always, are very talented.
Kelly, on April 15th, 2009 at 6:22 am Said:

Thanks Cynthia! BTW, I followed you on Twitter!
Beth, on May 7th, 2009 at 12:39 pm Said:

love those markers! Those are a must do.
Kelly, on May 7th, 2009 at 5:50 pm Said:

Thanks Beth! Good luck on the marker project.
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deidra, on June 16th, 2009 at 10:53 am Said:

Love those garden markers! Enjoy those beautiful herbs.
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Kelly, on June 16th, 2009 at 10:57 am Said:

Thanks Deidra! You have a very cute bloggy!
Stephanie, on June 16th, 2009 at 1:08 pm Said:

What a cute, cute, cute idea!!!
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Kelly, on June 16th, 2009 at 1:30 pm Said:

Thanks Stephanie. I appreciate it!
Christina, on June 16th, 2009 at 5:47 pm Said:

Good information and love your plant markers. My daughter and I need to do that.
Kim, on June 16th, 2009 at 7:17 pm Said:

Love, love, love the garden markers. And I love that you can move the pots if needed.
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a woman who is, on June 17th, 2009 at 11:17 am Said:

adore the garden markers!
Kimba @ A Soft Place to Land, on June 18th, 2009 at 2:54 pm Said:

Love it! Those markers are such a great idea! There’s no shortage of broken pots around here. I can definitely do that one.

Thanks for sharing!
Kimba
Kelly, on June 19th, 2009 at 6:24 pm Said:

You are welcome my dear…Thanks for throwing a great garden party!
Jeanne @ Inspiring Ideas, on June 25th, 2009 at 10:16 pm Said:

Wonderful! An herb garden is a must!!
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amber, on March 31st, 2010 at 6:54 pm Said:

Kelly,

Very nice, simple and informative blog post. I love the fact you demonstrated how easy it is to have your own herb garden at home.

I also really like the garden markers. Such as great idea and the perfect use for that cracked flower pot I have sitting on the patio. :-)
Kelly, on March 31st, 2010 at 9:24 pm Said:

Thanks Amber! I really appreciate the visit and the comment :)

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