Do you want to have a window box full of flowers or plants? A window herb garden is also a great way to have fresh herbs available for your menus right at your fingertips. If you have a summer herb garden, it’s always a disappointment when cooler weather sets in and your fresh herbs die down. If you have a south facing window and a little care, you can have a thriving indoor window box herb garden throughout the winter.

A window box is a container which is used to grow plants right outside your window,. They are easy enough to maintain and are pretty to view both from inside or outside the house. If you don’t have a big enough garden then window boxes are the next best thing to experience the natural pleasures of plants and flowers. However using hanging window boxes from outside your window might pose some problems for you so lets look into things.

Window boxes can dramatically enhance the appearance of your property, and even provide useful herbs for those short on space. They come in a wide variety of styles and materials, including plastic, wood, metal, copper, stone and terracotta. Choose boxes which are deep enough that the soil won’t dry out too fast and the plants have sufficient room to grow. Before you choose the type of box, consider how you will be fixing them to your house: a stone box full of soil weighs a considerable amount, for this reason, plastic or wooden boxes may be easier to work with.

You can have the same quality high yielding vegetable garden by using a method called container planting. It is a less labor intensive method of gardening and requires only limited space. Window boxes are a method of container gardening. They are away of making use of limited space and at the same time adding to the appearance of your home. You can plant herbs, vegetable along with flowers and enjoy the beauty of nature in front of your eyes through your windows.

Container planting or gardening is a great way to landscape an outdoor patio. You can place pots or containers in clusters, in a row, staggered or just randomly place next to a chair, table or even in the yard. They can be moved if needed or to make a change to the landscape at anytime. Container and window boxes come in a variety of shapes and sizes and can be easily made as a simple do-it-yourself project out of almost any type of container. If you plan on making your own just make sure that you provide holes in the bottom of the container for drainage.

There’s no limit to the kinds of plants and flowers you can grow in a window box. Fill the boxes with a lightweight potting soil mixture. Especially if the boxes are going to be installed in a sunny location, choose a soil mixture that contains pellets that help to hold water. Once the soil has been added you can plant flowers, vines, foliage plants, and even herbs in the boxes. A planter with fragrant herbs can be especially nice outside a kitchen window. The scent of fragrant flowers and plants is one advantage of using window boxes, since they can serve as a natural air freshener inside your home when the windows are open.

Keep in mind that you aren’t just limited to using the window boxes during the summer. Because they are portable, you can even use them in the spring and fall, since you can bring the plants indoors on nights when frost or cold weather is expected. Hardy plants that love cooler weather such as pansies, ornamental kale, and holly fern will even grow in these boxes right up until the really cold winter weather arrives, providing your home with plenty of color for a longer period of time.