Container Gardening - For the Kitchen

Sharon Smith and Mary Wilhite of Blue Moon Gardens in Edom, Texas, prepare containers for herbs.

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By Gary Ford

At Blue Moon Gardens, Mary Wilhite, left, and Sharon Smith work together in creating container herbs.

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Decorative Containers

One utilitarian container is seated into the more decorative clay pot.

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A "bouquet" of herbs fill the pot.

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Scent and taste are contained in this one display of coriander, rosemary, and thyme. That's sage in the foreground.

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Lemon balm has been used since Middle Ages as a calming herb.

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Thyme, a Mediterranean native, grows well indoors.

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A garden of several herbs may flourish in one container.