Stencil A Herb Starter Garden Box

Do you ever spy something in someone else's cart at the thrift and think, "Darn, I would have grabbed that if I had seen it first,"? That is what I thought when I saw this green, wood box, basket, handled crate. 

When I saw the lady who had it put it back on the shelf, I snatched it up. With the plastic liner in it, I knew it would make a great seed planting starter box. 

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Using the Locally Grown Herbs stencil from Funky Junk's Old Sign Stencils (get yours HERE), I stenciled both of the long sides with the HERBS.

On one of the short ends of the handled box, I stenciled the herbs or plant from the stencil,

and the LOCALLY GROWN on the other end.

I planted organic herb seeds in the plastic tray. I will transfer these to the garden in 6 weeks or so. After I transfer the herb plants, I think the wood basket will be perfect for collecting fresh herbs from the garden.

I wanted to mark where each herb was and wanted something a little different. I took some old keys I had and glued the herb names cut from the seed packet to a key.

I tied the handles together with some jute to keep them upright and to add a little something extra.

I will keep these near a sunny window and will let you know how the growing goes. Have you started any seeds yet?