I’m a little late getting my herbs going this year.  Especially since I’m planting most from seed.  To make them easily accessible I created a cheap and fun container garden.  I’m thinking too that I can bring these inside during the winter and have herbs year round.

I found some chocolate mint, which you see in the photo above.  I also planted some basil, cilantro, lavender, and flat leaf parsley seeds.

The containers are feed pans bought for $3.99 each at the agri-center.  These can be found at pet supply stores, hardware stores or an agricultural supply store.  I happened to have some happy orange spray paint to add some color and sizzle.  I was tempted to buy a can of bright neon pink, but decided to stick with the adage:  Use it up, wear it out, make do, or do without!

Here is the process:

1.  I first punched some holes in the bottoms for drainage.  I used a nail and hammered the holes from the inside of the pan.

2.  Next I used painter’s tape to mask off the areas I wanted orange.  I wanted each container to be contrasting.  So this one I taped off the top so that the bottom would be orange.

With this one I taped off the bottom and also masked off the inside because I just wanted the rim and top of it to be orange.

3.  Next spray a nice even coat of paint on, let dry, peel off the tape and paper, and get planting!