Grow your own!

Yes, I said it, grow your own! If you live in an apartment, have a house, have a balcony, deck, or porch, you can grow your own herbs or veggies! As a Lowe's Employee, I know the various products you can buy to grow your own little herb garden! Seeds are cheap, and planting season is right around the corner! Visit your local home improvement store (preferably Lowe's) and check out what they have to offer. Herbs like, Basil, Cilantro, Chives, Dill, Sage, or even fun stuff like, sunflowers, lavender, catnip, watermelons (which take up a bit more room), and various flowers are available for you to plant!

Here are some tips on starting your own home garden:

-Start with peat pellets. Peat pellets are little dirt plates that usually come in a greenhouse kit. Lowe's has many different kits, herbs kits, salsa kits, tomato kits, that you can buy, just add water, and grow!

-Greenhouse kits are great! When buying seeds, peat pellets, etc., you will most likely see a plastic little greenhouse kit in the same area. It is a where you start off your garden plants, and it's actually a little greenhouse with a plastic lid to provide the perfect growing environment for seedlings.

-Don't forget seed starting soil! Seed starting soil has specific nutrients for starting off a seed to help grow the healthiest plant you can.

-And of course a planter to plant your plants! Haha, seriously though, when your seedlings outgrow their greenhouse, you need somewhere to put them!

-After buying your peat pellets, seeds, planters, soil mix, follow the instructions on the packages. Just add water to the peat pellets, mix the soil with water, and ALWAYS use Lukewarm water on your seeds! To put in the planter or peat pellet, use a pencil tip to make the hole.

*This garden will provide herbs and veggies all summer long! You'll learn that veggies, herbs, and flowers make great gifts! People LOVE getting homegrown products, and knowing that YOU raised them will make you feel extra good inside! :)

**Below, Sunflowers are growing fast, and on the other side of the greenhouse, carrots are sprouting, but are much smaller than sunflower seedlings!