Having a garden box in your backyard is a great way to relax and enjoy the outdoors—but one of the greatest rewards is the variety of plants you can successfully grow in a garden box. These plants will not only look great, but will taste great too. Here are five plants that will do well in your garden box:
- Strawberries are a popular fruit to grow in your garden box. While they are certainly not too difficult to tend, you’ll have to take particular care to grow strawberries correctly. Typically, your garden box will have to be elevated. You’ll also have to make sure that you plant the bulb correctly in order for it to successfully germinate.
- Eggplants are nutritious and delicious vegetables that are easy to grow in your redwood garden box. With a supply of naturally-grown eggplants, you’ll be able to make delicious dishes like babaghanoush or eggplant parmesan.
- Home-grown lettuce is extremely convenient because you can grow large amounts for very little money. Buttercrunch, salad bowl, and bibb lettuce are popular garden box choices for home gardeners.
- Tomatoes are very easy to grow in your garden box. If you are feeling particularly enthusiastic about lumber working, you could build your garden box near fencing to allow the tomato vines a place to grow.
- For fresh-cut herbs everyday, consider starting an herb garden in your garden box. Herbs do very well in garden boxes when planted in rich soil and allowed proper drainage.
If you’re ready to start planting in your redwood garden box, then come to J & W Lumber. We carry a wide variety of outdoor building material, including garden box kits, decking, fencing, or patio cover kits. Visit J & W Lumber online or call (760) 270-9761 to learn more about our inventory.