Tea Box Planter

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Tea Box Planter

 

This miniature tea box planter will fit any windowsill, and is

perfect for apartments or where space is limited.

 

 

Plant with violas, pansies, or other small plants, herbs like basil,

lemon balm, rosemary or thyme, or even catnip or cat grass for your

favourite feline.

 

 

What You Need:

 

A tea box (available at dollar stores and grocery stores) - or you

could substitute any wooden box of about the same size.

 

 

 

Your choice of two (or maybe three) small flower plants or herbs,

depending on the size of tea box - some are slightly larger than

others and can take that extra plant.

 

 

 

Plastic bag to line the box.

 

 

 

Small amount of potting soil.

 

 

 

The key to success with this tea box planter is selecting small

plants that will survive in a relatively confined space, and to water

the plants regularly, as the soil can dry out quite quickly when

warmed on a windowsill

 

 

 

 

What You Do:

 

 

 

You could start your flowers or herbs from seed, but at this time of

year many annuals and herbs are available already in bloom, so why

not go for instant color? Choose plants that have been grown in small

packs; the kind that come 4 in a pack are perfect, as the root ball

on these is small enough to fit the box.

 

 

 

You need to remove the lid, and the bag of tea inside, of course --

that's for later, when you're done!

 

 

 

Line the box with the plastic bag, cutting off any extra plastic just

inside the top edge of the box. The bag is to protect the wood from

moisture and help retain water for the plants.

 

 

 

Pour a small amount of soil on the bottom of the bag, and turn the

box on its end, to spoon a small amount of soil onto the left side.

Nestle in one of the plants, then add a few more spoonfuls of soil,

then another plant, more soil, and the last plant - which you will

need to carefully push to the side in order to add more soil between

it and the right box side. This procedure sounds more complicated

than it is; what you're trying to do is add the maximum amount of

soil so that you can to allow the plants some expansion room for

their roots.

 

 

 

Water the new plants. The soil should settle a little, allowing you

to top it up some more.

 

 

 

Place on the windowsill, and water frequently. Oh - and don't forget

to brew a nice pot of tea now you're done!!!