Creating and Making Herb Garden in Containers
Growing your own herbs has a two-fold advantage. First, you don’t have to buy herbs anymore, so that means savings. Second is you will experience the joys and benefits of gardening. Land space is not a problem because you will be growing your herbs in containers which mean you can place them where ever you like such as your countertop, beside the coffee pot or if you have a little space in the backyard, you can place the containers there. Herb gardening in containers doesn’t need much space, it will only take much love and patience. If you have friends or family member that likes to cook, your herbs in containers will make an excellent gift.
There are three basic rules to herb gardening in containers. The first one is selecting the herbs that you will want to grow. Grow herbs
that you will actually cook with. You will only use a little because they are fresh. If you never cook Italian foods, then don’t grow basil. You should never grow something you won’t use just because it looks nice, smells nice, or seems like something that ought to be in your garden. You can also try easy to grow herbs like parsley, chives, cilantro or thyme.
The second one is whether starting your herb garden from seeds or budding plants. You can actually do both by going to your local plant nursery and asking what herbs that you want are available. You can grow the rest from seeds. Herbs like parsley, cilantro, chives, mint and other similar plants with small grassy stems are easy to grow from seeds. Rosemary, thyme and oregano are better grown from budding or established plants. If you will choose growing thriving plants, you can harvest from it almost immediately because all you have to do is to trim a little from it. If you will choose to grow from seeds, then you will have to call on your patience and nurturing nature. Whatever you choose, make sure that you water it and check on them often because Mother Nature can only do so much.
So, now that you know a little more about herb gardening in containers, you can begin making one now. When your herb garden is already thriving, you can then say good bye to those herbs in tin cans.
