Remember awhile back when we mentioned this idea that utilized bits from the hardware store to create garage or bathroom storage? This idea is similar, but this time it's put to use as a planter! Clear your kitchen counters and keep your fresh herbs in the air!
Having fresh herbs in the kitchen is a good idea, especially if your garden space is small. That said, many folks don't really have a place to keep such a thing. Even small pots can clutter countertops and you might not have the table space elsewhere in the house to spare.
This idea from Not Just A Housewife takes an idea we've seen before and puts it to use brilliantly. It's a great way to bring some warmth to your rooms (even if it's not in the kitchen) with very little overhead in a way that will always be in style.
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Calling these herbs in a jar a spice rack is a great idea. Spices can't get any fresher!
Love it!
Looks great!
Are the plants OK without drainage?
How much light do they typically need?
To improve drainage, add a 1/2" layer of broken terra cotta, glass marbles, or other non-organic and non-toxic material at the bottom. When you water, you'll be able to see how much water gathers there. You'll learn to water just enough to keep the soil moist without creating puddles of stagnant water in the bottom.
I swear AT can read my thoughts! Just last night I was searching for something just like this for my kitchen. I was going to store utensils in it, but I love the herbs so much more!!! Thanks!
This is a cute idea, but most herbs require quite a bit of sunshine and good drainage to be their most aromatic.
Try the same thing, but upside down! Oooohhhh
http://ninjadiva.blogspot.com/2011/09/diy-upside-down-planter.html
GIANT FAIL. these are cute and all, but if you've got enough light to keep herbs alive (rabbitrabbit's right!) you're also going to have enough light to grow algae in the soil. one month later and those jars are gonna be slimy inside with green goo.
clear jars are also going to allow the roots to start photosynthesizing. that means they're going to lose their ability to take up nutrients and water as well as they did before.
don't do what rapunzel suggests - you'll end up with a perched water table and your plants will drown.
Hmm, could you solve that problem with opaque jars or pots? Or maybe make them removable so you can drain them after watering and then put them back?
That said, I love this but have no wall space in my kitchen, sadly. I'm tempted to remove my regular dried spice rack for this purpose.
I solved the roots-need-dark problem by wrapping my jars with pretty paper.
And when the plants outgrow the jars? Not a problem, they'll die first.Then you'll have dried herbs.
Great idea, but as Slowpoke pointed out, what about drainage? I'm rather a new gardener and have learned firsthand that the success to growing anything is following a simple, common sense approach to matching the perfect growing environment to the plant you're trying to grow. So, the drainage question is pertinent. Putting a layer of small pebbles in the bottom of each jar might do the trick though.