Here's How You Can Make a One-Pot Herb Garden in Your Kitchen

If you're looking for a reason why you shouldn't make a one-pot herb garden, don't waste your time – you'll find none, but if you're looking for a way to do it, there just one phrase for starters – It's easy!

Location

The first thing you need to do is to choose a pleasant spot in your apartment, somewhere where the  sunlight will be able to reach the herbs so that they can flourish into green delights. If you have a balcony that is closed and protected by windows, there should be plenty of sunlight and it could be an ideal area to place the pot. If that is not the case, you can always clear a stop near the window and put it over some piece of furniture, for instance a desk, if the sunlight cannot reach it completely down below.

Herbs

The type of herbs you should choose to grow in your home is completely up to you as long as you stay true to 3 principles: plant something useful, plant something that smells pleasant and make sure that the herb you have chosen can actually thrive in the conditions you will have prepared for it. Most common choices are strawberries, thyme, sage and basil. Choosing something that smells nice and fresh will add to the benefits of this kind of hobby, since we all want to stray away from the artificial air fresheners as much as possible.

Pot and Tray

The garden water pot needs to be large enough, no less that 6 gallons and it must have holes at the bottom so that it is possible for the excess of water to be drained. You can put a small amount of stones ate the bottom if you want to encourage more drainage, not more that a few inches though. Needless to mention, you also need a ceramic or plastic tray that will you will place under the garden water pot so that the dripping water doesn't find its way to the floor.

Water and Soil

There are a few steps that need to be followed if you want to give your herbs the best start possible. First, you need to fill the pot with soil, but stop when you're 3 inches from the top, add some water, mix it till every speck of dust is wet, but avoid too much wetness (there shouldn’t be dripping water). After you're done with this procedure, take one of the herbs, divide gently its roots and plant it in a previously dug hole. Do the same with all of the herbs, put one more inch of soil on the top and water them again. Enjoy seeing your herbs grow!