I have something similar to these flower (railing) boxes, would growing herbs in there (legal variety) work?

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Yea, just make sure that the ones you’re planting can tolerate the amount of sun they’ll get. It might also be helpful to read up quickly on companion planting, and plant things together that will cooperate and help each other. That way, they tend to require less watering and fertilizer.

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