Nov 03 2008
Choose Herbs for a Container Garden
There’s something wonderful about having fresh herbs at your fingertips in your kitchen, and that is especially true in the winter. If your herb garden fades with the rest of the world outdoors as winter approaches, bring some herb plants indoors in the fall and create your own little container garden. Even a couple of pots of your favorite plants will feel good.
Select some nice sized plants and either make cuttings of them to pot, or divide them and transplant them into your container. Be sure to get plenty of roots and some vigorous looking sections of the plants so you will have fast growth when you get them indoors.
Besides yesterday’s oregano, I chose chives, sage, and basil. I’ll make cuttings of rosemary and lavender for individual pots, too.
Sage is a biennial and will bloom with blue flowers next summer.
These chives have well developed roots and are really tall this summer. I’ll trim them and dry the greens, and the rooted remaining plants will send up shoots quickly. Grow chives from seed or from established transplants.
This container will be filled with herbs.
Wow, I never thought of basil during the winter. Even with our warmer winters, we lose a lot of our herbs. I may have to give this a go!
ps. loved the photo with ‘weeds’ identified…lol