Tips for Starting an Indoor Herb Garden


Starting an indoor herb garden is a rewarding and relaxing way to spend your free time. Herbs are plants that are grown for their various uses. Many herbs can be used for seasoning food and beverages, fragrancing soaps and lotions, making potpourri and more. Herbal medicine has been practiced for thousands of years and is still practiced by modern herbalists and alternative healers. There are many options when growing herbs indoors. The first decision you need to make is what kind of herbs to grow.

Culinary herbs are ideal for indoor gardens. Rosemary, sage, thyme, mint, chives, oregano and chamomile are all examples of great herbs to grow inside. You should always plant mint in a container by itself because it can easily overcome your other herbs. The other culinary herbs mentioned can be grown in the same container. You should keep your culinary garden in the kitchen if possible, in a sunny spot. That way when you are ready to use your herbs they are right there for you. Many gardeners and cooks like to clip off fresh herbs and use them as is, while others dry their herbs before use.

You will need to start your herb seeds in small pots before transplanting them. You can actually find seed starting containers that are made from clear plastic and can be snapped closed. This helps keep heat and moisture in which allows for quicker germination. When your sprouts are strong enough you can move them to your preferred container. Some people like using flower pots while others like using rectangular shaped window boxes. Just make sure your container offers enough room for the herbs to grow properly. For precise information about growing conditions, refer to the back of your seed packet.

There are plenty of books, magazines and websites that can teach you more about starting an indoor herb garden. Even socializing with other gardeners can help you. For example, you may want to join an online group devoted to herb gardening. If you have a question while setting up your garden, you can hop online and ask other gardeners. You may learn something you didn't know! Many gardeners belong to both online and real-life clubs, and have libraries filled with gardening books. Education and knowledge is important when it comes to growing herbs that are healthy and strong.


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Up on the Roof: Gardens Grow to New Heights - Patch.com

Up on the Roof: Gardens Grow to New Heights
Patch.com
Locally, UCLA 's Court of Sciences Student Center's rooftop garden champions the case for green construction in Southern California. Install an herb garden of thyme, oregano and chives or pockets of pocket of gardenias, and kumquats to camouflage ducts .

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Brooklyn Botanic Garden To Open New Visitor Center in May 2012 - Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Brooklyn Botanic Garden To Open New Visitor Center in May 2012
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Other notable projects include a new Herb Garden, a Woodland Garden and an expanded Native Flora Garden. The 20000-square-foot Visitor Center was conceived as a new threshold between the city and Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The Visitor Center invites .
New Visitor Center Coming to Brooklyn Botanic GardenPatch.com

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Herbal Remedies from Colonial Period Can Be Found in Queens - Patch.com

Herbal Remedies from Colonial Period Can Be Found in Queens
Patch.com
By Kristin Allocco In the colonial era, Queens women kept herb gardens behind their homes. These gardens were carefully cultivated and the contents were dried, pressed, pounded and steeped to create medical cures for common ailments.

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Edible gardens a big growth area - The Australian

Edible gardens a big growth area
The Australian
FOOD Detective has had great success growing a small range of herbs in a backyard tub recently. The basil has shot up like nobody's business, and the over-achieving mint threatens to launch a hostile takeover of the rest of the garden.

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One-night-only restaurant pops up in support of farm market - Westport-News

One-night-only restaurant pops up in support of farm market
Westport-News
Photo: Meg Barone / Westport News freelance Matt Oricchino, a pastry assistant at SoNo Baking Company & Cafe, sets out the desserts for Saturday's Fork it Over fundraiser for the Westport Farmers' Market at Gilbertie's Herb Gardens.
Westport "Forks it Over" at Farmers' Market GalaThe Daily Darien
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Garden nature - Hometownlife.com

Garden nature
Hometownlife.com
Taught by Pat Mann herb specialist from the Greenfield Village Herb Associates. Composting/Hoop Houses, on Feb. 14, will teach the basics of backyard composting. Bruce Forrest, Advanced Master Gardener and community garden expert, will explain what .

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Students help younger peers grow their gardening skills - Palm Beach Post

Students help younger peers grow their gardening skills
Palm Beach Post
By JODIE WAGNER Since October, about 20 West Jupiter Recreation Center after-care students have tended meticulously to vegetable and herb gardens they planted in an empty field behind the recreation facility. Guided by Jupiter High School Environmental .

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