How To Grow Your Own Herbs :

If you're not the type of person that wants to spend their time managing an elaborate fruit or vegetable gen, you might consider planting and maintaining an herb gen. While the product might not seem as significant, you'll st enjoy the constant availability of fresh, delicious herbs to flavor your meals with.

First you'll want to choose the herbs that you'll plant. You might h a h time doing this because of the huge scope of herbs available. But the b way to choose is to do what I did; just look at what you h in your kitchen. By planting your own collection of these herbs, you can s money on buying them from the grocery st while having the added benefit of freshness. Some of the herbs you might start with include rosemary, sage, basil, d, mint, chives, and parsley among others.

When choosing an area to put your herb gen, you should remember that the soil should h extremely good drainage. If the dirt gets watered and stays completely saturated, you h no chance of ever growing a healthy plant. One of the b ways to fix the drainage problem is to dig a foot deep in the soil, and put a layer of crushed rocks down bef replacing all the soil. This w allow all that water to escape, thus saving your plants.

When you are ready to begin planting herbs, you might be tempted to buy the m expensive plants from the st. However, with herbs it is much easier to grow them from seed than it is with other plants. Theref you can s a bundle of money by sticking with seed packets. Some herbs grow at a dangerously fast rate. For example, if you plant a mint plant in an open space then it w take over your entire gen in a matter of days. The b way to prevent this problem is to plant the m aggressive plants in pots (with holes in the bottom to allow drainage, of course). When it comes time to harv the herbs you h labd so h over, it can be fatal to your plant to take off too much. If your plant isn't well ablished, it isn't healthy to take any les at all, even if it looks like its not using them. You should wait until your plant has been well ablished at least several months bef taking off any les. This wait w definitely be worth it, because by growing unabated your plant w produce healthily years to come.

Once you've harved your delicious home grown herbs, you'll want to use them in cooking. Why else would you h grown them? Well first the process begins with drying them out. This is easily achieved by placing them on a cookie sheet and baking them 170 degrees Fahrenheit 2 to 4 hours. After they're sufficiently dried to be used in cooking, you can consult the near cookbook instructions on using them to effectively flavor a dish.

If you want to st your herbs later usage, you should keep them in a plastic or glass container. Paper or cbo w not work, because it w absorb the taste of the herbs. During the first few days of storage, you should regularly check the container and see if any moisture has accumulated. If it has, you must remove all the herbs and re-dry them. If moisture is left from the first drying process, it w encourage mildew while you st your herbs. Nobody likes mildew.

So if you enjoy herbs or gening, or both, then you should probably consider setting up an herb gen. It might require a little bit of work at first to set it up optimal drainage, and pick what herbs you want to grow. But after the initial hassle, it's just a matter of harving and drying all your favorite herbs.