Ever since my food allergy diagnosis, I have been wanting to plant a small herb garden that I could use. Living in Utah, we don’t have a very long growing season so I wanted to be able to grow some herbs in my house. So what is a girl supposed to do? Well, she builds one to fit in her kitchen window sill.
When we remodeled the kitchen two years ago, we made sure to put a window sill in the kitchen window so that I would be able to put some plants in the kitchen. And I am so excited to have finally tackled this project. (Please excuse the dirty kitchen photo…this was at Christmas time during some Christmas baking! I couldn’t find the other photo I had taken!)
So I set out and built this simple Herb Box to hold and grow our indoor herb garden in. I measured the box to fit our window sill and added some compartments in the herb box for each herb to grow in.
The herb box measures 30 inches in length by 5 inches in width. We made sure that we could fit our clay pots inside the individual compartments and then cut our wood board accordingly. Then we simply glued them together with some wood glue and added some nails to hold the wood securely in place with a nail gun. For the base we just used a piece of scrap wood.
I wanted to use clay pots for the herbs to be planted in because I did not want to worry about finding a way for the water to drain out of the bottom of the box on my windowsill. The clay pots have a water basin that they sit on to collect any excess water.
This girl LOVES when we make something with wood because it means she can dig through our wood scrap pile and come up with her own creations. This is a play ground for her Little Pet Shop toys. I think she did a great job, don’t you?
For the herbs I used these perfect Gro-ables Seed Pods. Each little pod comes with everything you need to grow your own food. Be sure to check back in later when I share the finished herb box in my kitchen window sill! I LOVE how it turned out!
Each ready-to-plant Seed Pod® contains:
- Specially selected non-GMO seed at just the right depth
- Growing materials to protect the seed and keep it moist
- Plant food to help it grow and build strong roots
Gro-ables are so easy to use…seriously…growing plants could not be easier and they come in 17 different varieties. Today I get to give one of my Idea Room readers a fun Gro-ables Prize Pack. The Gro-ables Prize Pack includes: a steel watering can, Gro-ables Seed Pods, Decorative Plant Labels, and some gardening gloves.
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Kelley says
Fun giveaway, Amy!
sandy says
what a neat giveaway, I love fresh herbs!
Shannon says
Apt timing. I just promised my 6 year old that we could plant an herb garden. I wanted it to be easy enough that he and my 4 year old could do it with me. This looks like the perfect solution! Ours will be outside, not in, but those little plant pods are perfect. Thanks for post, and the chance to win!!