How To Get Delightful Results From Your Home Herb Garden

By Michelle Stratford

The following three tips will be of great help to those having the intention of start growing a home herb garden. Being followed keenly can give good returns.

The first thing to do is to thoroughly prepare the soil before you plant on your own home garden herb. Well prepared soil will ensure that you get the best results

Soil preparation is important because it will help the herbs with the required atmosphere for a healthy lash herb harvest. Failure to have the soil well prepared may lead to poor harvest or worst crop failure.

The alkalinity or the acidity of the soil will greatly affect the state your herbs. Herbs do not do well on an acidic soil. An alkaline soil will boost its performance. If your soil is acidic you need not worry because you can make it alkaline by adding wood ashes or calcite limestone to it.

Since light is vital to the herbs, it will help if enough light is allowed in the area chosen to grow the herbs. Some plants require a lot of son while others need less light. Of the plant that need much light are; basil, cilantro and savory while those which do not need much light are; parsley, sweet woodruff and anise Hyssop.

Space is another thing to consider. Though big land is ideal, it is good to know that you don't need a big chunk of land for your home herb. A sizeable piece of land will serve the purpose as well and can give you satisfying results too.

With today's technology one can still produce herbs even on a small piece of land. By using what is known as planters one can still use the space available to an extend of saving some space for other purposes. In fact, the rectangular type of planters placed on shelves can be of good service.

By adhering to these instructions one is assured of good results. In any case such preparation is always a fun and should not be stressing in any way. At the end you will look and know that your labor was not in vain especially when enjoying your cooked herbs.

About the Author:

In addition to home gardening, the writer also regularly shares writing about crystal bead bracelets and rims and tires.

Domestic Herbal Gardens

By Owen Jones

Every professional chef and every household cook recognizes the value of fresh herbs to their culinary creations. No diner would dispute this either. However, whether you buy your herbs fresh or dried, there are issues. When you buy fresh, you usually have to buy more than you require and they are comparatively expensive, whereas, if you buy them dried, they could be old and dried herbs lose their strength over time.

Why then is it that most home cooks use fresh or dried herbs from the supermarket? Ease, most likely. We lead busy lives and it is easier to get a few boxes of dried herbs at the supermarket along with your groceries than it is to cultivate your own.

Not that it is difficult to grow your own herbs and even spices, but you have to purchase the seeds, plant them and remember to water them. You can minimize the problem of trying to remember to water them very easily, by growing your herbs in a window box or in trays on your patio or deck, so that you notice them every time you take a break on your patio. You will also remember to bring them in if frost looks likely.

If you have children, growing herbs and spices in window boxes or trays can be a good induction to gardening for them. Herbs take very little looking after really, just needing watering every day. They are pretty tough and fertilizer is not necessary as most herbs have a fairly short life. Maybe only a month or two in some cases. Others last a lot longer.

First decide how many varieties you want to grow. How much room do you have for instance? The best way to start is look in your cupboard and see which herbs you use most frequently. Are any of them seeds? You could have a go at sowing these. Look them up in a book or on the Internet.

Sometimes it is better to soak the seeds first before sowing them, others do not require this handling. Second, which herbs have you heard about that you would like to use but never seem to have in the house? Try planting those too.

If all that does not seem like fun, then you can buy small herb plants in the garden nurseries. Most of them stock the most common herbs in Spring. Whichever way you go, read up on how to cultivate the herbs you have selected. I promise you, it will not be a long read, as they really do take care of themselves except for the watering. if you buy seeds rather than seedlings, all the information you need will be on the seed packet and such packets are very cheap to buy.

The advantages of having your own herb garden are manifold, but you will be teaching gardening to your kids or grandkids, you will have fresh herbs for cooking and you will have gorgeous aromas wafting around your patio or deck.

About the Author:

Owen Jones, the writer of this piece, writes on many subjects, but is currently involved with outdoor heat lamp. If you are interested in patio heaters too, please click through to Residential Patio Heaters.