Recycled Cement Bag Potters

Have you ever browsed through a cookbook, decided to try a new recipe that calls for fresh herbs, then found them rotting in your fridge a week later?  Off to the compost pile they go.  Not everyone has the time, or possibly the desire, to organize another 5 meals that use parsley as a main ingredient.   With the holidays behind us, now is a great time to start an indoor herb garden.  Think about the convenience of snipping off a few sprigs when you need them, and the waste you’ll save from forgetting about them in the bottom of your crisper drawer.

Windowsill gardens are perfect for apartment dwellers and for those of you who like cooking with fresh herbs during the winter months.  This Cement Bag Potting Kit pictured above is a great gift idea for someone starting an indoor herb garden for the first time.  The kit comes with the most popular culinary herbs and their own growing containers made from reused cement bags.

Herbs Are Easy To Grow

Light Place in a south or west facing window that gets at least 5 hours of sun.  Otherwise use supplemental fluorescent lights.

Potting Find a pot, or any container, that is at least 6-12 inches deep.

Water Herbs don’t like to sit in water. Just stick your finger in the soil and water when the soil feels dry.

Feeding Once a month with a fertilizer suitable for edible plants.

Herbs not only add greenery but they are exceptionally useful in the kitchen.  Some of the more popular herbs are chives, mint, rosemary, oregano, thyme, sage, basil, marjoram and parsley.  Chives are a good choice for beginners since they are so easy to grow.

Turn over a new leaf in 2009 and start your own indoor herb garden.  Happy New Year!

Tags: herb garden, indoor plants

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