I am on a mission to have a beautiful herb garden on my patio this year. I adore fresh herbs but rarely splurge on them at the grocery store, with the exception of cilantro - I almost always have cilantro :)
The other day at the store, while Scott was shopping for a garden hose, I browsed the seed isle. I ended up sticking basil & chive packets in our buggy, known to the rest of the world as a shopping cart. This past summer I bought potting soil that has been sitting on the patio for 3 seasons and planned on using my empty egg carton to get started.
Yesterday was beautiful and I didn't have a lot going on so I set out to start my garden! The egg carton I had was Styrofoam (I know - It hurts my heart) so I poked a hole in the bottom o each cup with a pen to allow drainage. Then I filled them with my soil and again using my pen, created a spot to drop the seeds and covered with more soil.
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| Reusing my Styrofoam egg carton to grow seedlings. |
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| The cast of characters. |
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| Making a home for the seeds. |
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| Showing my Oregon pride! |
I saw this thing on Pinterest where you can replant the root portion of green onions so I thought I would give that a try too! Making sure I knew what was what, I made little signs so I was sure to know what was growing.
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| Don't throw out those roots! Replant them! |
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| Curious to see if this works |
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| Making sure not to mix up what is growing. |
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| Giving the seeds some much needed sun. |
I'll keep you up on the progress. Hopefully in 10-15 days I'll have little herbs growing!
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