Herb Trough Garden: Easy & Accessible!
For delicious herbs, try this DIY Herb Trough Garden: Easy & Accessible for your next outdoor project. Grow your own herbs right outside your kitchen door!
Friends, I realized as I went out to my herb trough to get fresh basil for my Strawberry Bruschetta that I never shared my Mother’s Day gift that I received this year.
When my family asked me what I wanted, along with love, hugs, breakfast, lunch, dinner, foot rubs, chores done, peace and quiet (I don’t ask for much, do I?) I asked for a trough garden to plant my herbs in.
So we went to the local Grange and purchased a brand new animal water trough.
Herb Trough Garden: Easy & Accessible!
In fact, they were all sold out of the size that we wanted, so we had to remove the baby chicks from the one we bought. We brought it home and found the perfect location (right off of our back patio).
We love to recycle and use what we have, so we took the kids’ old trampoline and stuffed it down to the bottom.
Filled the top with enriched soil.
Planted our favorite herbs.
My gift for today is having fresh garden herbs right outside our back kitchen door.
What a perfect idea for anyone, really, if you live in the city or in the country, to have herbs easily accessible.
Right now as our tomatoes are coming on, and the basil is so plentiful, I’m starting to crave Insalata Caprese Salad, (Mozzarella, Tomato & Fresh Basil).
If you grow herbs, would you share the way that you grow them?
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I love this idea. I have an old bathtub down by the barn that may see new life as an herb garden. What a good idea.
I’m going to be making (and freezing) pesto this fall, with the basil that we have planted! Love your idea for the container!
By the way, blogged today – mentioned your book with the canned apple pie filling!
I love this idea… it’s like a movable raised bed. I also think the trough is pretty snazzy and would have never thought of using one on my won. I definitely see this in my yard next year.
I plant basil, parlsey and chives right in the garden, but I love your idea! It looks really cute!
What a great idea! I love to use fresh herbs and they’re so expensive to buy in the grocery store. I use a few for a recipe and then end up throwing out the rest. Love your herb garden.
Great idea, I may be trying this one. I saw a large round one made into a fountain near an outside patio and it was great! Thanks for sharing. Jackie
I love this idea! I grow my herbs in a small rectangular space in my backyard (which is kind of a pain to get to from my kitchen). Having them close by means easy watering and harvesting! I am going to copy you.
I love this! And I love herbs! Our basil is doing great and we made caprese twice this weekend with heirloom tomatoes from the farmers market! Love it all! Now we just need to find that perfect home to plant a big garden like yours!
I love this idea! My herbs are all over the place. Some of them are in a big pot with my cherry tomatoes. Others are in their own terra cotta pots. The rest have their own tiny raised bed. I really enjoy having them nearby, but I need to actually learn to use them more.
Sandy I was just thinking how fun it would be to have several of these troughs lining my porch with a variety of flowers and even vegetables in them.