Planting Herbs In The Kitchen

If you re a first timer joey recommends buying a small plant from the grocery or garden store or order online.

Planting herbs in the kitchen.

Preparing the soil before you plant an herb garden. Whether you want to grow a kitchen herb garden as a hobby or to save money or just for healthier eating there are plenty of herbs you can grow in your backyard on your patio or even in your windowsill. Grow herbs wherever you can in the best spot you have available. For you that may even mean growing herbs in pots in your sunny kitchen windowsill.

Chives basil lavender parsley mint rosemary and thyme are good choices. Growing indoors light is key although an unobstructed east or south facing window is your easiest solution consider installing a skylight or positioning a grow light over your herbs. I placed a large shelf under my one south facing window and installed a skylight in my otherwise shaded kitchen. Fennel in the garden.

That said your kitchen herb garden doesn t have to be steps outside your door. Use with soups salads sauces eggs fish veal lamb and pork. Many people also consider convenience when selecting a place to start growing an herb garden. These herb garden planters will look killer in your kitchen or wherever you choose to display them and keep your meals tasting fresh to death all year long.

Growing herbs from seed takes a great deal of time and patience. Use to flavor pastries confectionery sweet pickles sausages tomato dishes soups and to flavor vinegars and oils. They will need to be placed close to the plants within 18 inches and kept on for about 10 hours day to make up for their lack of intensity. Gives warmth and sweetness.

You won t even need special any special equipment. Choose herbs that don t grow too wide or tall. Once you have chosen the location for growing an herb garden you will need to prepare the soil. Plant away from other herbs and vegetables.

Most kitchen herb gardens incorporate several types of herbs in a concentrated area. Add that just picked taste to your meals even when snow is drifting up against the kitchen window by growing herbs indoors all year long. Many mediterranean herbs thyme rosemary and oregano for example benefit from free draining soil and judicious watering while basil likes soil that remains consistently moist. Fresh herbs make recipes taste even better and are great to have around for soups stews and salads.

And if you re more of a gardening. Planting near the kitchen or near the house will make it easier to harvest herbs from the herb garden.