On Todays 5minute Friday, we are going to pot up a herb planter.
This is one of our herb planters, I have Thyme, Sage and Mint. The reason we have used these 3 herbs, is we did some research and quizzes, and these are the most useful herbs that people want on their windowsills or patio. They are also, really easy to look after, and they are perennial, so they come back every year.
Sage is a traditional compliment to pork or stuffing, it also goes really well with cheese or flavouring pastas. The leaves can also be used to flavour a warm herbal tea or pan fry with butter, to drizzle sage burnt butter sauce, on to you favourite meal.
Mint has few boundaries, you can perk up your Pesto, enjoy a mint tea or make mint ice cubes for your Pimm's and Mojito's, adding the fresh leaves too. Sprinkle on your salads, boost your butter, make a face mask or enjoy a mini spa experience, by adding leaves to your mint bath !
Thyme can be used both fresh or dried, with fresh leaves able to be frozen, to retain their flavour and dried Thyme retaining its flavour much better than most herbs. Thyme is very commonly used as part of a bouquet garni and as a component of herbes de Provence. The leaves are often used to add flavour to stews, salads, roasts, and fish dishes.
Take a look at our amazing range of herbs, something for everyone's planters.
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- I will fill this container with compost just to cover the base, most herbs prefer a well-drained compost, as they enjoy that environment.
- Squeeze your pot to release the plant, place the mint and sage at the back and then add the thyme to the front, it is already looking really good. The more it establishes, and you pick and use the leaves, it will just keep bushing out.
- Now we just fill up the gaps with the compost, give it a little tap down to release any air gaps, then just top up if needed. These are quite well established plants, so they can be used straight away, personally I would give them a little while just to root in and settle down.
