(Don’t tie it down snug yet - you’ll do that after you add glue in the next step.) 3. Thread the twine through the drilled holes and use it to loosely connect your jars to the board, looping the twine a few times for strength. Don’t get too caught up on the exact length - you can always cut off the excess later. Thread the TwineĬut a long length of jute twine. That way you can get the positioning perfect and mark in pencil where your holes will go. Pro Tip: Before you start drilling, lay your jars on the board to find the placements you love. You need two holes for each jar, spaced so you’ll have one hold on either side of the jar’s mouth. Start by drilling holes through your wooden board. Herbs like dill, thyme, rosemary, parsley and cilantro.However you position your plants, just make sure there’s room for air circulation around them. Mint and other fast-growing, spreading varieties need individual pots so they don’t crowd out other herbs display them together with a system like IKEA’s Satsumas plant stand. In a shared container, be sure to check the growing habit of each herb and give it the space it needs. Herbs can be grown either in individual pots or in a shared container-it depends largely on your space and aesthetic preference. But still give your indoor plants room to thrive. Hoping to grow parsley? Plain and Italian are best for indoors the curled varieties grow too slowly. Richter’s picks: Spicy Globe and Globette basil, Kaliteri oregano, Fernleaf dill, Blue Boy rosemary, and English mint. When you’re growing indoors, go for herbs that look tidy in a kitchen window and won’t hog too much space. To achieve that perfect combination of beauty and flavor, Richter likes purple-leaf Rosie basil, broadleaf thyme, Tarragold tarragon, Corsican mint, purple sage, and scented geraniums.
When you plant herbs of varying colors and textures, the garden becomes as decorative as it is functional. Put your plants in the right spot.Ĭonrad Richter, president of Richters Herbs, a Toronto-area nursery and grower that specializes in herbs, says to choose a sunny window that gets at least four hours of sunlight per day-south-facing is ideal, though an east- or west-facing one will also work. At $99 and up, smart gardens are an investment-but if you’re not confident in your green thumb, this is a solution that will make DIY indoor gardening foolproof. The herbs grow in a nutrient-rich soil and come in easy-to-plant pods.
Ditch the potting soil and grow your herbs in a smart garden, such as the Click and Grow Smart Herb Garden, which will do everything for you but chop the herbs.
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