Creating a Windowsill Garden

You might have walked by many gardens and wished with envy that you could have one, only to remember that you do not have enough space around your house or apartment to make a good garden. Or perhaps you just want to add a little bit of spice to your house with some more plants to liven things up. Whatever the case may be, a good solution to brighten up your home is to create a windowsill garden. These gardens can go in almost any window and can add some life to the inside of your house.

The very first thing that you need to make a windowsill garden is a good windowsill to use. Remember that plants growing inside need sun just like those outside. Find a sill that lets in plenty of sunlight for a long period of the day. Once you have a sill, get a planter that will fit well inside this sill. Find something nice that will complement the garden that you are planning to grow inside. Make sure you get some soil to go inside the planter. Most gardening centers sell a "soilless" gardening mix that is perfect for this type of gardening since it removes soil born diseases.

Choose good plants to go into your windowsill garden. Find something that will not grow too big and whose roots do not need to be too extensive, since you have very little room to work in. Many herbs work very well in this kind of environment. Just remember not to over-water whatever plant you get, since this will kill off any plant as quickly as not watering it.

When you have everything you need, plant the garden and enjoy. Something that you need to remember is that indoor gardening has the unique challenge of less sun that something outside could receive. Even if your plant is in a good windowsill, you can help the plants grow even stronger by using a couple of tips. First, remember that florescent lighting, while not a substitute for the sun, can help the plants grow. Also remember that plants tend to grow toward sunlight, so if you can turn your planter around every week or so, it will help the plants to grow straight up rather than towards the window.

One last thing that you can do to help your plants is to bring them outside every now and then. While this is not necessary, if you can give your plants some direct contact with the sun, they are more likely to grow bigger and stronger than they would if they were just inside.