$100 Room Challenge Week 3 | $10 Planter with Herb Garden

Going into this 4 week project I had a rough idea of how I wanted this space to look, but I really had no idea about any of the details. Oh yeah did I mention I'm out of town almost this whole week for a work conference? Didn't think that one through. Anyways, the most perplexing little 4sq. ft. of grass/dirt/weeds was too big to have just an oversized planter but too small to put a mini garden. I came across this tapered wooden planter and knew I could recreate s bigger version. Either a tree or a bush or something would go in there. The actual planter itself only ended up costing me $10.

Week 1 | The Carport Before and Plans
Week 2 | A Modern Exterior Light

I used pretreated fence posts because they were more than half the cost of just regular planks. I got 10 1x4's for less than 98¢ a piece. With a 5° angle I used the measurement I wanted the bottom to be, cut four of those lengths, and then used the top (longer) side of that plank for the bottom (shorter) length of the next plank. You can follow Jen's thorough tutorial on her wibsite.

I did all of the cuts first to make sure they all laid out correctly before I nailed them in place.

 

  

I nailed everything together, sanded and stained it. I grabbed some soil I had from other projects and filled it up. 

Once I got to Home Depot I knew the tree option wasn't going to happen. Ideally I would have loved to put a lemon tree there but since it's September, there wasn't a lot of choices. I came across the marked down section and there were all the herbs, I knew I could do a low cost herb garden since each plant was only $1. Yes, $1! I grabbed oregano, cilantro, rosemary, sage, basil, and my personal favorite, mint. 

I picked some smooth rocks up from the yard and sharpied the names of the herbs for a pretty little name tag. Later on I'll probably turn them over and actually use pain so they're prettier than a fat sharpie, but it won't get done in the next week.

I also got some pretty white washed bricks from HD for 47¢ a piece and this pretty Sunshine Lingstrum. I'm not sure yet where I'll arrange them or even if I'll use them but they were so cheap I just grabbed them in case.

Now I have the perfect size herb garden outside of my kitchen I can grab fresh herbs when I need them. And we've been trying to eat better (I said trying..) and one of the things I read was that using more herbs and spices can cut down on using a lot of sugary sauces or a ton of salt. 

Budget Spent
$10 for wood planter
$6 for herbs
$2 for bricks
$2 mulch (not used yet)

Total: $20

Everyone's spaces are looking great so far but I am really excited to see all of the reveals next Wednesday. Make sure you check out all of the other blogger participating in this challenge through the links below.

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