Mini Herb Garden – Maxi Rewards!
I am a great believer in the benefits of herb gardening. A mini herb garden is an excellent way to enjoy fresh herbs at you fingertips. Growing your own herbs not only provides your home cuisine with exciting additions but the joy of watching plants grow and thrive is very satisfying and relaxing. After a trying day on the job it is soothing therapy to care for your herb plants.
Herb plants are highly productive so you don’t need a giant garden to make enough for home use. They are ideal for small mini gardens in a container indoors or on a window sill. What could be better than having a fresh sage or rosemary plant on the kitchen counter at the ready with a supply of exciting herbs for your cooking?
An indoor herb garden is a great way to getting started in the avocation and it can lead to even bigger things in an outdoor garden or remain as a wonderful addition to your indoors. If you are going the indoor route be aware that light considerations are important. In order to thrive herb plants need ten to twelve hours of sunlight per day. Southern and western exposure is preferable but any direction will do.
Starting your own mini-herb garden is easy. Herb plants plants are available everywhere. They can be found in nurseries, garden stores, big box stores and even grocery stores. Just pick out your favorite and replant it or let it grow in the container from the store. Another way that is even cheaper and easier is seeds. The seeds grow so fast they will produce just about as soon as the plants.
Herb plants are a hearty breed but they do not like wet feet so where ever you plant them make sure the soil is well drained. If you use pots or window boxes put a layer of gravel, chipped stones or wood chips in the bottom and do not pack the soil tightly. That should take care of the wet feet problem. Other than that you are good to go.
Should you elect to go with seeds be careful to read the directions. It is important to size the container correctly. Some plants grow much larger that others and its a good idea to know how much space you will need down the growing road. The plants need to be rotated occasionally so knowing how large the seeds will grow up to be is helpful.
You may find that your herbs will outgrow their indoor homes. This provides a great opportunity to start an outdoor herb garden. You can take a portion of the plants you have lovingly nurtured indoors and move them outside to establish an outdoor herb garden. Before long you will be producing enough herbs to share with your neighbors.
I hope you now see that having a small herb garden provides a wide variety of benefits to the gardener. You are encouraged to find out how rewarding it can be. Just read up a little on the subject and then go for it! It is easy and you will enjoy it’s delights.
