Thank you to Ricola® Herb & Throat drops for sponsoring this post as part of an ongoing campaign with Socialstars. #swissherbs
I love blogging. For so many reasons. It gives me the opportunity to chat with way more people than I typically encounter in person on any given day, it has connected me with amazing people (hello, all of you!), it has allowed me to travel across the US, and sometimes it even gives me just a little extra push to go ahead and try something I’ve been wanting to do but have been putting off.
Take, for example, some of the sponsored opportunities that I accept. I know that sponsored content isn’t for everyone, and I totally get that, but I actually really enjoy writing my sponsored content because it’s with brands that I know I love.
All sponsored opportunities are different, which is awesome, because it keeps things fresh. Sometimes brands have very specific topics/post ideas that they need covered, sometimes, they leave it fairly open and up to me, and other times they’ll offer a few “suggested ideas” and let me run with them.
And that’s exactly what happened this month with my partnership with Ricola®; as a fun, suggested topic, they encouraged me to try to plant my own herb garden. And as soon as I saw that, I thought, “Ok, now this is something I’ve been wanting to do for a while now. Perfect!”
I was actually supposed to share this post with all of you earlier in the month, but with everything that happened a few weeks ago, I had to put a few things on hold. Thankfully, Ricola was more than understanding, but now here we are and I’m excited to share my attempt at trying to keep a growing/living thing alive.
So I’ve already told you guys a couple of times now how much I’ve been enjoying the Ricola Revitalizing Herb Drops. They’ve got an awesome, fizzy center, and the lemon zest flavor is super refreshing any time of day.
I keep them stashed everywhere…my purse, my desk, my car.
And not only do I think they taste great, but they also pack a punch with lots of B vitamins and Chrüterchraft, Ricola’s 10-herb blend (hence, the reasoning behind the idea of an herb garden!).
Want to know what’s in the blend? Check out this post!
So now, let’s get to the good stuff: my “attempt” at an herb garden. And I say “attempt” because a green thumb, I am not. So we’ll see how all this goes. But here’s a look at what I got to get me started…
Before I even went out to get any herbs, I hit up Amazon and purchased a few items off of there to pot my plants in and make them pretty.
Chalk Marker // Chalk Labels // 3 Tin Pots in Tray
One of the things that I noticed in many of the reviews for the pots that I bought was that they needed to have some holes poked in them, so that’s the first thing I did. Just 3-4 little holes in the bottom of each pot, using the hammer and some other tool I can’t remember the name of…
Then I went ahead and made my labels for each of the pots…
And stuck ’em all right on there.
Once my pots were pretty, all I had to do was fill them up! I decided to start with 3 of my favorite herbs to start — basil, mint, and parsley — and I figure if they do well then I’ll consider trying some more.
I filled them about 1/3 of the way with the potting mix first, then added the herb plant, and then filled the rest of the pot up with more potting mix.
Oh, and yes, I totally cheated and started from plants rather than seeds. As much as I would have loved to see my “handy work” blossom and bloom from a seed, to a sprout, to a plant, let’s face it…I’m not that patient, and I can’t even promise they’d survive that long.
Now let’s just hope I can keep them alive long enough to reap their benefits. ;)
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