The Beauty of Window Boxes

Decorating your outdoor and your indoor are two separated problems which should be done inter connectedly. Choosing the right theme, the right decorations, the right plants to plant, even the right paint to apply, is a tough job. But once you apply them correctly, your house will show your taste on perfection. To decorate the outdoor, you have a wide variety of combination of plants, paints, garden, and window boxes. What is window boxes? Window box is a container to grow a plant, usually placed in front of your window and supported by brackets on the wall below.

Usually window boxes are used in the apartments, on which the occupants don't have enough space to grow flowers or plant trees. But window boxes can also be used in common house, for the variation of decorating the outdoor part of the house. The maintenance of the plant can be done from the indoor, so you don't have to go outside to water your plant. The other usage of window plant boxes are for miniature kitchen garden. The chef can plant some herbs for the cooking, and can be easily accessed from the kitchen if needed.

Some types of plants which can be put in container are flowers, herbs, cacti, vegetables, and small trees. Planting in container have several advantages, namely:

• less risk of soil diseases.
• easier to control temperature,  sunlight, and temperature
• no weeds.

Combining the container like terracotta, plastics, and window boxes container could decorate your garden beautifully. Happy planting in garden window boxes!