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Growing Herbs With An Italian Flair
Aug 2nd
Gardening is fun and provides many intangible benefits in addition to to the fruits and vegetables produced. The gardener gets to exercise and soak up healthful sunshine. Doctors tell us that gardening will relieve stress and anxiety. Probably the biggest benefit is satisfaction on the part of the gardener in being able to accomplish something worthwhile. Raising herbs is a great way to add to the satisfaction realized in gardening. Growing herbs with an Italian flair can make the experience even greater.
Just the thought of Italian food cooking on the stove makes one immediately think of the many star components More >
3 Key Benefits To Growing Herbs Indoors At Home
Jul 28th
Growing herbs can be a fun and entertaining hobby for anyone to pick up. Although a lot of people opt to grow a garden outside, there are countless ways you can benefit from indoor gardening. Here are three benefits to growing herbs indoors.
1. Forget weather variations
There is nothing worse than having to plan your gardening around what the weather is doing. This is a variable you have absolutely no control over which is a bit unsettling. Growing herbs inside of your home will eliminate this uncontrollable variable so you can grow anytime of the year whenever you choose to.
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Growing Herbs With Other Plants
Jul 23rd
If you already have a flower or vegetable garden, then you might think that adding herbs to it will be a cinch. After all, you already have the soil, the space, and the means and the tendency to regularly water your plants. However, if you’re thinking about growing herbs with other plants you might want to slightly rethink your plans.
Many popular herbs, including such favorites as dill, bay, rosemary, sage, marjoram, thyme, and oregano are native to the Mediterranean Basin. The Mediterranean Basin is characterized by poor quality, rocky, alkaline, quick-draining soil, by arid conditions, and by sun. To put More >
Growing Herbs In Pots: All About Basil
Jul 18th
Once you discover growing herbs in pots, you’ll never want to go back to either of the alternatives, both of which are dire: using dried herbs (disappointing in the taste stakes and unappetizing to look at), or buying them when you need them from the supermarket (convenient but really expensive and wasteful).
Personally, one of the biggest attractions for me of growing herbs indoors was basil. I cook Italian food all the time and basil is just amazing with any type of pizza or pasta. I think tomatoes should always be paired with basil. I use it in Southeast Asian food More >
Growing Herbs With Vegetables
Jul 13th
Here’s a question: why do herbs have strong tastes and smells? The answer is that those tastes and smells ward off insects and animals that might otherwise try to eat them. And that’s why growing herbs with your vegetables is a great idea. Not only does the ‘defense mechanism’ of herbs make them taste delicious to us, we can also harness their pest-repellent characteristics to help protect our otherwise defenseless vegetables.
Some of the best herbs for protecting your vegetables AND seasoning your food are listed below. Note that while there are other herbs which also do a good job of More >
Container Gardening – The Best Pots for Growing Herbs
Jul 8th
The best containers for growing herbs are those that support the needs of the plants. For example, herbs like borage, lavender, rosemary, and thyme like a dry soil. The container of choice for herbs like these is clay because it is porous and allows moisture to evaporate quickly. Terra cotta works as well, is a more natural color and well-suited to the greenery in your garden, but is more expensive.
If you live in an area where midday temperatures are high, dark-colored pots are better than light ones. Light ones allows roots to absorb light, which stunts plant growth.
Plastic containers More >
Want to begin growing herbs in your home garden? Get started with these 8 easy to grow types
Jul 3rd
Every herb found at the grocery store was once a wild plant. For thousands of years growing herbs has been a rewarding practice and continues to be so today. Did you know five percent of the world’s plants have been tested for their medicinal properties? Yes, it’s true. Yet, 95 percent of pharmaceutical drugs are directly linked to plants. That’s an interesting fact, isn’t? Here is something equally fascinating when you think about it. More than 80 percent of the world’s populations rely on herbs for medical treatment of one sort or another.
Best herbs for new gardeners.
Thyme, sage, rosemary, parsley, More >
All You Should Know About Growing Herbs In Garden Indoors
Jun 28th
Some people may have the privilege to decide which is better for them – growing herbs in garden indoors or outside of the house. Others may not be that lucky. This is an important question you should ask yourself because; just as why you want to grow herbs can be as a serious question as where you want to place your garden.
When you envision an herb garden you may think of a large estate garden covered with green basil, thyme and various other herbs. This would be a disappointing picture especially if you live on 7th floor of an efficiency More >
Growing Herbs in Pots Saves Space When You Group Them Together
Jun 23rd
Growing herbs in pots saves space when you group them together. But keep a few things in mind before you plant.
Choose a container that is large enough to accommodate the number of herbs you wish to grow. To arrive at a good size pot, a general rule of 2 to 4-inch spacing between plants usually will suffice. However, some herbs require more room so check the back of the seed packet for specific instructions. Also, make sure the pot you choose has holes in the bottom for good drainage.
In deciding which plants to put in your container, choose More >
Growing Herbs Indoors
Jun 18th
Growing herbs indoors is simple and the benefits it brings come in countless ways. Herbs are not only easy to grow, but you can user your herbs in many ways. They can be used for such diverse things from decorating to cooking to making tea. Growing herbs indoors is vert convenient. Your herbs will be accessible year around for you to use. Weather is not an issue when you grow herbs indoors.
Growing herbs indoors will bring nature inside plus give you the benefits of being able to harvest your very own fresh herbs. One of the many advantages of growing More >
