Archive for September, 2009
Herb Garden Designs. What You Need to Know First
Posted by: | CommentsYou want to create your own home herb garden. There are loads of herb garden designs to choose from. How do you start?
You have decided to create home herb garden and now you need to consider herb garden designs. If you are one of those lucky people who can visualize the garden you want, this will be fairly easy. If, on the other hand, you are like me and you find visualization an impossible challenge then you need a good strategy. Probably you are somewhere in the middle. Whatever your visualization skills you will need to take into account certain information. Here are my suggestions for creating a successful herb garden design.
What many gardening books never mention is that the correct place to start is with you!
Using Fresh Herbs from a Home Herb Garden
Posted by: | CommentsYou have planted the herbs and watched them grow and flourish. Now you want to use fresh from your garden. Here are a few tips for preparing fresh herbs.
Fresh herbs definitely give food a better flavor. It is the leaves that are used for flavoring most often. However some herbs are harvested for their seeds. Cilantro, also known as coriander, provides both leaves and seeds.
When you cut fresh herbs on a young herb plant, do not take too much of the plant to start with. If you do it will take longer until the plant is big enough to give you more than you can use. I start off by harvesting the leaves and not the stalks, this way the stalks are encouraged to grow new leaves. Another trick is to “top” the plant. Cut off the leaves at the top of the branch and this will encourage the stem to generate side shoots and far more leaves. As the plant grows bigger I will take not more than one third of the plant at a time. This encourages new growth which is a good gardening thing to do. Once the plant is grown, you will be able to take what you need as often as you need it and the plant will continue to grow in size.
A Windowsill Herb Garden for your Apartment
Posted by: | CommentsWhat does the idea of a windowsill herb garden make you think of? A rather sick looking plant on an unattractive dirty plate? Or do you think of a riot of different plants which your visitors admire?
Whether you just want one pot of parsley or you want a range of herbs, there is no need for your windowsill to look like anything less than an additional feature in your décor plan.
Your Home Herb Garden Tips for Beginners – Buy a Herb Garden Kit
Posted by: | CommentsWhy should you buy a herb garden kit? For the beginner it is an ideal first step to learning how to grow your own herbs.
When you start to grow your own herbs in a garden you will have a lot of questions. These can be answered in time but first of all you want to grow a successful home herb garden, even if it is in a container, and enjoy the harvest .
Growing Herbs in Containers
Posted by: | CommentsGrowing herbs in containers is an increasingly popular pastime.
The containers can be indoors, out of doors under a tree, on the back porch, just about anywhere that the growing needs of the plants are met. They can also be grown in window boxes or hanging baskets. Growing herbs in pots has advantages over growing them in the garden because they are easy to get to, however the requirements are different. Indoor herb gardens have different needs from herbs in containers in the garden.
Herb Garden Plants Introduction
Posted by: | CommentsHerb garden plants are diverse. They can be annuals, perennials, or biennials as you see in other types of plants.
There are hundreds of different types of herbs, some used frequently and many not so well known.
Herbs are not difficult to grow but you should find out a little about the ones you are interested in growing so that you know how to take care of them. This article will get you started in understanding general different types of herb plants and what they are used for.
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Your Italian Herb Garden
Posted by: | CommentsWhat is an Italian herb garden? It is a herb garden specifically dedicated to the herbs which give Italian cuisine its distinctive flavor.
Some of the most famous and tastiest herbs in the world come from Italy. Some of the best cuisines come from Italy and are famous in part for their herbs. If you like home cooked Italian food, growing your own herbs yourself in your home herb garden provides lots of possibilities.
Here are seven herbs used in Italian cuisine together with some information and growing tips.
Home Herb Garden – Introduction to Site
Posted by: | CommentsA home herb garden is following in a grand and ancient tradition.
A basket of herbs
Back in the times of the ancient Egyptians and Chinese, people had their own home herb gardens. References to herbs are found in the Bible and in medieval documents that show herbs were used by most households.
There are enormous benefits to be gained from growing herbs. Even in the 21st century.
You can grow your herbs organically without pesticides or other harmful substances. There is nothing to beat freshly picked herbs when you are cooking. The bottles you buy in the supermarket do not begin to give you the same quality of taste. Herbs are at their most flavorful when they are picked and herb garden plants are available to you instantly.
There are three main uses of herbs. The first is in the kitchen. Different herbs will give different tastes to your food and in fact it is mostly herbs that distinguish say Italian dishes from Greek dishes.
