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I was stimulated by MsDebbieP’s challenge as well as TiffinMn’s project and saw his lettuce coming up, and started to think of how I can have my wife’s herbs handy/close to the door, not take up too much space so I have room for my hibiscus ( like Sharad), and use the vertical space that TiffinMn has used. The deck is really quite narrow by the door, because when I built it, I didn’t want to make the room below too dark by covering the window area excessively.
I came up with this idea, and just finished cutting it out and putting it together. It is too cold to plant here yet, as we are expecting more snow tonight. I have some well worn window boxes from the front porch which will replace the red ones shown here. The red ones will end up on the front porch, and the older white ones will easily slip into this box. Then we will have our ”Boxed In” herb garden. I don’t think I’ll need a drip tray as the planter is well above the decking with a lot of air circulation below, but we’ll cross that bridge when we have to … if we have to.
On the top shelf, we’ll put larger plants like parsley, cilantro, basil etc., and on the bottom lower growing plants like thyme, chives, lemon grass, tarragon etc. We’ll see what Gail decides she wants.
I’ll add photos with plants later when the weather warms up somewhat.
UPDATE May 29
The chard is springing up already. They seem to love the unusually hot weather for May that we have endured lately.
-- jroot ....... Southern Ontario .......... grow zone 5A ...................."Gardening is an exercise in optimism." ....... . . Author Unknown
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MsDebbieP
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posted 404 days ago
oh my goodness – that is awesome!!
And we have our first challenge entry already :D
That is going to be so handy.
-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)
sharad
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posted 403 days ago
Fantastic idea. You have alerted me to work for this challenge.
Sharad
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NavyCop68
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posted 402 days ago
Very nice and a handy location as well!
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Enoelf
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posted 398 days ago
After looking at this a few times, I think I am going to “borrow” the idea for the planters we have on the patio. We also want to get lettuce going, and time is fleeting! I think I am going to add casters to the bottom, so it can be moved around easily if needed.
Thanks for sharing.
Well done.
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jroot
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posted 397 days ago
I’d love to see the photos of your project when you get it done. Thanks for the compliment.
-- jroot ....... Southern Ontario .......... grow zone 5A ...................."Gardening is an exercise in optimism." ....... . . Author Unknown
Bon
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posted 393 days ago
Great idea Jroot.That looks good there.
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Enoelf
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posted 384 days ago
Just posted a blog entry with a link to my sketchup drawing for my version of this project.
Thanks!
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Radicalfarmergal
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posted 384 days ago
Nice work! What an attractive herb box, Jroot. It would be so handy to have fresh herbs growing so close to where you cook and prepare your dinners. I recently read the idea that if you go out to get herbs for your morning omelet wearing slippers and they come back damp from the morning dew, your herbs are growing too far away. Somehow, I think your slippers would stay cozy and dry. : )
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Iris43
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posted 381 days ago
I love this idea! I wonder if I can work out something like this for my back deck.
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jroot
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posted 361 days ago
The weather is cooperating now, so the herb box has been planted. Between the herbs are also planted multi coloured chard seeds, so they should be popping up soon.
The advantage is that now I have the herbs in mainly one area, ... AND … I have more room for many of my tropical hibiscus plants.
I added a current photo to this posting.
-- jroot ....... Southern Ontario .......... grow zone 5A ...................."Gardening is an exercise in optimism." ....... . . Author Unknown
MsDebbieP
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posted 361 days ago
that is lovely!!
AND …. nice bonus (the room for more tropicals) :D
-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)
jroot
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posted 355 days ago
The chard is up already, so I’ve added it to the photos above. It seems to like the unusually hot weather we’ve had lately.
-- jroot ....... Southern Ontario .......... grow zone 5A ...................."Gardening is an exercise in optimism." ....... . . Author Unknown
MsDebbieP
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posted 355 days ago
your plants all look so lovely.
-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)
Radicalfarmergal
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posted 351 days ago
Your herb garden looks so wonderful with the herbs growing in it.
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lavender22
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posted 89 days ago
I love this and might have to steal it from you. And my husband will have to make for me:) Very good idea for herbs:)
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