Container Gardening with Herbs Class Notes (PDF)

Why grow herbs? The answer is easy! Culinary herbs make your food taste better by engaging your senses and enlivening your tastebuds, and medicinal herbs are a great way to start taking back control of your daily health with simple homemade remedies. But not everyone has a big backyard space for a garden full of every herb imaginable. Fortunately, there are lots of herbs that will thrive when grown in containers.

In these class notes, you'll learn how to select an appropriate container and soil medium for your plants, along with proper watering and fertilization practices. You'll also get cultivation information for 20 common culinary and medicinal herbs and information on how to pair herbs with similar growing requirements in the same container. By the end you'll be equipped to set up your own container garden for fresh, home-grown herbs all summer long!

9 pages | 3,400 words