How-To Create a Herb Garden in a Basket or Cup

♥ Purchase locally grown herbs or grow your own.

♥ Find a few wicker baskets, wooden boxes, or wire baskets. Sized to fit 1 - 3 herbs. I found the baskets I used for this project at the dollar store.

♥ Purchase a good quality potting soil or use your own special mix.

♥ Gather moss; mine came from the old maple in our yard or purchase from a local craft store. I did see small bags of moss in the dollar store craft section.

♥ I don't mind digging in the dirt but if you prefer not to get your nails or hands dirty make sure to have a good fitting pair of gardening gloves handy.

♥ Clear a work surface, such as your hubby's work bench ;) and lay down some newspaper or a large box top so you don't get dirt all over the place.

♥ Gardening tools are not needed, however a small scoop for the potting soil comes in handy.

How-To make this cup of herbs...a real cutie!

* Use a coffee cup from your kitchen or purchase at garage sales or the dollar store.

* Place a small handful of pebbles or crushed terra cotta pot pieces in the bottom of the cup. I had several broken pots when the puppies decided to crash on the bottom shelf of my potting bench :O

* Lightly pack in potting soil; the cup should be about half full.

* Choose the herbs you would like to add to the cup. Depending on the size of the cup usually 1 - 3 starter plants fit very nicely. Make sure to loosen the dirt around the bottom of the herb roots before placing it in the cup.

* Fill in with more potting soil and lightly pack around the plants with your fingers. Water, adding a good quality plant food.

Herb Garden in a Basket or Cup by clouda9 is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.