Herb Gardening

This article approaches growing fresh herbs as taken in the context of growing all-natural and healthy herb gardens. Below are quick guides for growing the freshest herbs you would ever use.

 

Starting an all-natural garden may seem too expensive for most people. However, an organic herb garden can be grown from really simple tools and techniques.

 

Step 1: Cultivate your own plants.

 

You could start growing organic herbs by starting with seeds. You could buy cheap organic seeds from any supermarket. Upon getting the seeds, you can then start growing them indoors. There is also the option of getting organically grown plants if this takes too much effort.

 

You should always use home-made compost. You could mix vegetables, fruit peelings, straws, grass clippings and dry leaves with store-bought soil. All these have the nutrients your plants needs. The moisture in this will help the soil from drying.

 

In cultivating your seeds, you need 12” by 8” tray with at least 3” depth. Have the soil fill it. Make sure that your seeds will have the rows and holes they need. Water them gently. Cover with plastic wrap. After two to three weeks, seedlings would sprout. Make sure that they have grown at least seven inches before you place them in separate pots. This is to make sure the roots are strong enough and are used to the soil.

 

Do not use fertilizers, pesticides or any synthetic plant grower. You could use animal manure for fertilizers. If you put two or three teaspoons of neem oil, it will be good for your soil. This would help your herbs repel insects.

 

Step 2: Water your plants with alkaline water.

 

You do not have to buy bottled alkaline water just to have them at home. Boiling tap water will give you the alkaline water you need. To do this, boil your water scalding hot. Let it cool for an hour. Boil it again. You will have gotten enough ions during the last boil for your plants to get the nutrients they need. This would not cost you too much gas money, as you would only water your plants at most three days a week.

 

Step 3: Apply light mulch.

 

Light mulch is quite similar to the compost mix. It could be composed of straw, hay, pruned branches of evergreens and bark chips. Application of mulch is best during winter. The covering will maintain a balanced temperature for your plants so they would not wither under frost. Apply mulch only once a month. Never drench the mulch because when they get soggy, the roots would be suffocated.

 

Step 4: Clip the tip.

 

If you want bushy growth for your herbs, you have to regularly trim the tips of your plants. This would provide new stems to grow; thus, more leaves could come out. Clip every month, or as needed as some herbs grow rapidly.

 

Step 5: Tame the rowdy.

In trimming plants, you could repot the trimmed parts. The trimmed parts should have developed roots so they can sustain new life.

 

Put stakes, rods or sticks to limit the stretch of some herbs’ stems. These would serve as their guides in growing an upright position.

 

You could also regularly harvest leaves, flowers and stems to avoid overgrowing.

 

If you consider following these steps, you could look forward to growing fresh herbs. And you can enjoy your all-natural herb garden plants.