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Welcome to the Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop! Each month, my blogging friends and I get together to challenge ourselves to each complete a project or recipe that we’e pinned on Pinterest. It’s always fun to see what my friends have created!
I’ve been wanting to plant an herb garden this summer. I’ve pinned all sorts of tips and tutorials about planting an herb garden on my garden Pinterest board. I had a few free hours one day last week so I ran to my local garden store, got some herbs and planted my garden! Planting in the raised bed was super easy. I just added some garden soil and used a garden trowel to easily plant my herbs. Within minutes, I had my handy and cute herb garden planted!
I already had a beautiful Keter Urban Bloomer Planter that I got last year. Last summer I planted mostly lettuce and vegetables in the planter.
This year I planted the herbs and one tomato plant. I think the herbs are much easier to manage than veggies. I also love using fresh herbs in my cooking.
The Keter Urban Bloomer Planter makes gardening simple. I fill it with fresh gardening soil from the garden store, meaning I don’t have to work tough to dig in soil. The planter is also about waist height on me so I don’t have to stoop or get down in the dirt to garden. The wood-look resin surface of the planter is resistant to the elements, and the drainage tap allows for excess water to be released from the planter. There is a cute leaf marker that shows if the soil contains adequate moisture or not. There is also a handy train for starting seeds.
I planted three of my favorite herbs, basil, cilantro and thyme.
It’s great that I also happened to find some really cute garden markers for those herbs!
It also helps that basil, cilantro and thyme are among the easiest herbs to grow. I’m happy with how the herbs are coming along! They really don’t require much care in my raised patio planter.
Let’s meet this month’s Pinterest Challenge hosts!
My Pinterventures • Cookies Coffee and Crafts
Sew Crafty Crochet • Eye Love Knots • My Sweet Things
Across the Boulevard • Suzerspace • Purple Hues and Me
Decorate and More with Tip • Mom Home Guide
Our Unschooling Journey • Intelligent Domestications
Craftify My Love • Life Beyond the Kitchen • K’s Olympic Nest
Teadoddles • Farm Girl Reformed • Simple Nature Decor Stone Cottage Adventures
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Now, let’s see what the other Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop hosts have created this month!
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Kelli says
For some reason I struggle with basil which stinks because it’s the one herb I love to throw in our food. Those herb markers are lovely. Where did you find them? And I’m now wondering…could I make them? LOL
Lauren says
Hi, Kelli! I am pretty sure I found them at Walgreens! But you could probably make them with small wood rounds.
Holly says
Those plant markers are the cutest! Any tips for growing cilantro? Mines always dies.
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Lauren says
Hi, Holly! I buy cilantro plants and grow them in my raised herb garden, and they do fine.
Erlene says
You have to share your basil tips because they never do well for me. My cilantro seeds just started to sprout and the rest of my garden is doing pretty good. I should be planting bok choy soon and maybe a few other things for the fall season.
Lauren says
Hi, Erlene! That’s great you grow bok choy!
Julie Briones says
What a perfect little herb garden, Lauren. It’s a great solution with those of us with tiny outdoor spaces, too!
Habiba says
Fresh herbs are wonderful to have in the house or garden. I have them on my kitchen window sill and I have similar DIY herb markers like yours. Great project!
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Jessica Nixon says
Omg this is the cutest! I’ve tried to grow herbs i the past but I feel like I’m never using them fast enough. Do you store them too?
Lauren says
Hi, Jessica! I should find a way to store my herbs!