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Whether
you prefer to be growing a indoor herb garden or choose
to dedicate your time to creating outdoor herb gardens,
there are a few basic guidelines that will help you move
the job along. Naturally, the first thing you have to
do is to decide which herbs you want to grow and to make
this decision, you should consider various factors. Firstly,
be clear about the details of your herb garden plan. Weather,
sunshine, drainage and moisture are all factors that need
to be considered when you make your selection of which
herbs to grow.
To organize a basic herb garden you can narrow down on
your choices by deciding to dedicate the garden to the
growth of either culinary or medicinal herbs. Some examples
of culinary herbs that are ideal for a kitchen herb garden
would be strong-flavored herbs like rosemary, sage, thyme,
tarragon, dill, basil, mint and sage or relatively mild-flavored
herbs like chives and parsley. Different cuisines from
different parts of the world employ the use of different
herbs to create specific aromas. Hence your selection
of herbs for an herb garden indoor or outdoor that is
used to grow culinary herbs will definitely depend on
the kind of cuisine you enjoy or prefer. Of course there
is no need to limit your choices to this small list and
the varieties of herb you decide to grow in your indoor
herb garden can be increased as you grow more confident
and more knowledgeable about growing herbs.
Your herb garden design and herb garden layout will depend
greatly on the final selection of herbs you decide to
grow. For instance, a kitchen garden or one that is maintained
indoors for the growth of culinary herbs exclusively does
not have to be too large. You would have to plan to separate
the annual herbs from perennial herbs and ideally you
should also use labels to mark the herbs that you have
planted. An herb garden layout will be especially helpful
for your reference once the herbs start to grow.
Drainage of the soil in the garden area and the level
of fertility of the soil are two very important factors
and must be considered before deciding on the location
of the herb garden. Herbs will not grow in very wet soils
so the success of your endeavor is greatly dependant on
your choice of location for your herb garden. If the area
where you have decided to have your herb garden is not
adequately equipped with a drainage system, it would mean
a lot more work on your part. You would have to physically
alter the soil to make it more suitable for the growth
of your herbs. For herbs, soil fertility is less of an
issue. You would have to use some fertilizer like manure
or compost but not too much. Here you must be careful
to understand the requirements of the herbs as using excessive
fertilizer can result in loss of flavor, which is highly
undesirable in the case of culinary herbs.
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