Container Garden

This two-tiered container garden holds a selection of basic herbs. Trailers and fillers ― chives, rosemary, and thyme ― tumble over the edges of the bottom pot (about 24 inches wide). Dwarf purple and sweet basil grow in the top pot (about 16 inches wide) with thyme filling in around the edges.
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Press Flowers, Herbs and Ferns

  Place fresh plant material between two sheets of paper, and then place something heavy over the paper β€” a few big gardening books, perhaps. Choose relatively flat plant material, such as leaves and ferns, as well as flowers that aren’t too bulky β€” pansies, for example. Once they’re pressed flat, you can use them […]
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