How’s your Container Herb garden coming along?

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Gardening can be like the Kitchen sink – throw it all in – but a well planed container garden for an urban dweller can be a delight and joy. A little piece of calm oasis in an urban jungle.

Milly planted her Herb seeds have you?

Herb Seeds are in!
Herb Seeds went in over the weekend!

Container gardening is a great way to have more control over your growing herbs. You can easily move the containers towards a warmer area if needed and back into the shade if the season gets too hot. Container herbs are more readily available for use when they are grouped together. You will be more apt to use them when they are right outside your kitchen door. Here are my 5 choices for a cook’s theme container garden.  1. Mint  2. Sage 3. Rosemary 4. Basil 5. Thyme. This page will take you the planting info.. http://herbgardens.about.com/od/5bestherbsforcontainers/tp/BestHerbsContainers.htm

These pages will take you to the  Herbal or Culinary goodness of each of these 5 Herbs.

http://herbgardens.about.com/od/medicinalherbs/a/Peppermint.htm

http://herbgardens.about.com/od/medicinalherbs/p/Sage.htm

 http://herbgardens.about.com/od/culinary/a/Rosemary.htm

 http://herbgardens.about.com/od/culinary/p/Basil.htm

 http://herbgardens.about.com/od/culinary/p/Thyme.htm