Growing Herbs in Your Garden
March 6th, 2010
It is so nice when you find something that just works, right? Some plants are just like that. All you need to do is plant them out and make sure that they get sunlight and plenty of water and your herbs will do the rest.
Here’s a list of herb plants that after you start them and get’em going, they will take care of themselves:
- Borage: Boil the leaves to reduce the chewy texture, because without this, the long, wooly and prickly leaves are not easily edible. The borage plant loves dry, dark soil and full sun—the blue or purple star-patterned flowers are cute as can be. Start your seeds in early summer and by Independence Day your herb will have grown to up to two feet high.
- Caraway: Even though the foliage of the caraway can look like that of a carrot in its first growing season, don’t mistake it for a carrot. When year two comes around, white or pink flowers that sit in umbrella-shaped clusters replace the carrot-like foliage on 1 to 3 foot stems. Give your caraway plant full-sunlight and also make sure it has well-drained soil for the best outcome. Since this is a biennial, you can plant seeds outside in spring or fall. Since your herb is a self-seeder, you can let the dead blooms fall to the earth and you won’t have to reseed it for the next growing season.
- Dill: This quick-growing herb with fine, fern-like leaves loves well-drained dirt and full sun. Don’t let your dill get more than three feet high before you begin using it in your meals; you can start harvesting once the plant reaches one foot. Dill is great for floral arrangements because of its beautiful, yellow umbrella-like heads, which can also be used as a seasoning. Begin with seeds and you’ll have a mature herb soon, so don’t fret about starting too early.
- Fennel: Don’t confuse your adult fennel plant with dill because the two are similar, but it tastes nothing like the licorice flavored fennel. If you sow your seeds in late spring, you will have an adult, 4-foot-tall plant in only a few weeks. Your plant will do best if you set it out so that it will get full-sun with well-drained dirt. The seeds are the delicious part. Don’t let the seeds get brown. Did you know that you can use your dried stems in all kinds of kitchen creations, including soups, stews and goods?
- Lemon Balm: If you like the sweet, lemony scent of lemon balm, you will be happy to know that this perennial likes light, shady, well-drained soil. I love its heart-shaped leaves. Don’t bother with seeds, buy a little herb at the greenhouse and let it grow for you. Before long, you will be able to divide your lemon balm plant and replant the divided section somewhere else. Don’t feel like you have to put the new division beside the old one, because lemon balm will grow through self-sowing. Snip off the dead flowers to prevent lemon balm from sowing itself.
- Sweet Cicely: This perennial grows in light shade as long as you give it loose, rich sod. Be sure to plant it with mulch and organic compost. Since sweet cicely is a self-sowing herb you will only want to buy the first couple of herbs and it will take over from there.
These aren’t the only good herbs either … there’s plenty more to choose from, including Queen Anne’s lace and dandelion.
Good luck with your herb gardening. Be sure to let me know how your herb garden grows.
Here is more information on Home Herb Garden. Here is a website with a free mini-course dedicated to Herb Gardens.
Growing Herbs : Growing Catnip
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