A Few Important Considerations Relating To Basic Herb Garden
March 29th, 2010
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Herbs are some of the easiest and most rewarding plants to grow both indoors and out. One of the explanations for this is as herbs have so many benefits. Herbs are typically used for cooking, tea, medication, skin treatment and perfume. Some people grow their kitchen herbs indoors, in the kitchen of course. Others like to grow their various herbs outdoors in the garden. Growing a basic herb garden, whether inside or out, is the ideal project for a beginning gardener. First, you need to decide what kind of herbs you want to grow.
If you like herbs for their perfume, you need to consider growing savoury beauties like lavender, lemon verbena, and various kinds of mint. You can even find kits for scented flowers and herbs like the chocolate scented daisy and tangerine scented marigold. Maybe you want herbs for tea. If this is so you need to consider growing herbs like mint, hyssop, lemongrass, sage and naturally, chamomile. For the kitchen, you may want to grow herbs such as thyme, basil, parsley, chives and rosemary.
There are lots of herb garden kits that can be purchased at garden centers, home improvement stores and large variety stores like Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Target and the like. These kits come with the seeds, small seed starting pots and soil. On the subject of starting seeds, you should usually start all seeds indoors, even if they are eventually going to be outdoors. When the sprouts have taken root and appear powerful and robust they're prepared to transplant outside. You may wish to refer to a gardening book or your seed packet to learn the perfect time for planting precise herbs. One book you may want to test out on the topic of herb gardening is Small Herb Gardens : Easy Techniques for Superb Gardens by Georgeann Brennan and Mimi Luebbermann with color stills by Religion Echtermeyer.
You may also plant a basic herb garden without a kit. You'll need a mini greenhouse for germinating the seeds. Mini greenhouses are like plastic cartons with little compartments. Simply place the your potting soil in the compartments, plant your seeds, water the soil and close the carton. Heat and moisture will be kept, which should help your seeds grow properly. Ask around at your local garden shop if you need help buying supplies for your herb garden. The employees there should be able to direct you towards everything you need.
Growing Herbs : How to Grow an Herb Garden Indoors
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