Cooking with fresh herbs should be what every cook strives for and having your own herb garden can make that happen. Being able to take a pinch of this or a cutting of that and putting it right in your food cooking in the oven or on the stove is quite convenient. And the good news is you do not have to settle for plain Jane pots to plant your herbs. You can get creative with your kitchen herb garden pots and have them match your décor or totally stand out with their uniqueness.

Some Herbal Food For Thought

Your herb garden plant will likely dictate the type of pot you choose, particularly the size of it. For instance, rosemary is a fragrant herb that is often used as a decorative bush in some homes because it can grow quite large and bushy, much larger than what you would expect of an herb. When it comes to kitchen herb garden pots, rosemary should have its own dedicated one while other herbs like basil, oregano, cilantro or even parsley could share space with other herbs.

Thyme is another herb that should not share kitchen herb garden pots as it tends to grow a bit wild and thick, and often close to the soil, almost like a ground cover. The mint family of herbs can share pots with each other but you perhaps do not want to combine them with other fragrant herbs as they tend to multiply and take over.

Unique Potting Ideas

Instead of heading to the store for boring clay kitchen herb garden pots, why not turn something you already have into a planter? Some people have small mixing bowls or even gravy boats that match their everyday dinner ware and turn them into cool herb pots and the side benefit is that they match the décor and dinner ware!

Other things you can adapt into interesting kitchen herb garden pots include antique canning jars or milk jugs, baskets and even an old cowboy boot. These items have to be adapted slightly for optimal growth and health for the herbs however. Herbs need some room to grow in the pot and have an environment conducive for well drained soil as well as plenty of sunlight. You may to break out your trusty drill and carefully drill a hole at the bottom of the containers you plan to use as kitchen herb garden pots to make this happen.

Of course, there are plenty of kitchen herb garden pots on the market today that are attractive and some may look similar to strawberry pots so you could grow several herbs at a time. Other pots my just have decorative painting on them to spruce them up. Whatever you choose, the reward of cooking with fresh herbs you have grown yourself is priceless.