Bowl Mint
Bowl Mint
How To Grow And Handle Fresh Herbs From Your Garden Beds Or Your Container Garden
In any recipe calling for herbs, use fresh herbs. Preparing the herbs for your dish is easy. The more tender herbs like mint, parsley, basil and cilantro can be gathered in a bowl and snipped with scissors. This is the fastest and safest way to chop the herbs. If your recipe calls for the more hardy herbs like oregano, rosemary, or thyme you should use the stripping method. Hold a branch of the herb upright in your fingers and run the fingers of your other hand down the stalk stripping the tiny leaves free. The flavor will be more intense if you have gathered the herbs from your herb gardens or container gardens because they will be absolutely the freshest herbs available.
The best way to have fresh herbs is to plant and grow them yourself. No longer is there a designated "herb garden". They can be found in your flower beds, along walkways or in pots on your porch. Many ambitious gardeners are finding new ways to incorporate herbs into their garden beds and their container gardens.
Many gardeners are unaware of the beauty of flowering herbs and never consider planting them within their flower beds. Some herbs that have beautiful flowers are purple coneflower, catmint, bee balm, yarrow, pinks, lavender, pot marigold, borage, feverfew, and nasturtium which is particularly lovely in fresh salads.. Many other herbs, such as parsley are excellent next to flowers of all sorts because of their spectacular foliage. When planting red or Blue Flowers, place purple basil around them for an artful arrangement.
Another area to consider is to use herbs as ground cover. The herbs that are suitable to this are the low growing oregano, chamomile, woolly and other creeping thyme, mint, and rosemary. Not only will it look pretty but it will be absolutely fragrant. Just be careful of the mint family, they tend to take over everything.
One of the best ways I have grown herbs is in containers. In fact, I like container gardening so much I wrote my eBook "Container Gardening Secrets" (available at ContainerGardeningSecrets.com), so everyone could enjoy this type of gardening. The beauty of a container garden is that it is portable and can be changed at a moment's whim. When there is no more room in your garden, start a container garden which you can place on your door step or patio. Use them to fill in bare spots that come up during the gardening season or put them on a sunny window sill in your home for easy harvesting. Best of all you can bring your herb containers inside over the winter months and continue to harvest for months to add to your tasty meals or to be used for medicinal purposes.
Another way to employ pots in your garden is to plant invasive herbs such as mint into a pot and then plant pot and all into the ground. This is an easy trick to keep those "creepers" from taking over your garden beds.
Plant a container garden near your door with the cherry pie scented blue flower heliotrope and other fragrant herbs such as rosemary, thyme and basil. Every time you walk by you will be greeted with there delicious scent.
Some herbs that have grown on rocky hillsides over the centuries such as thyme, oregano and lavender are perfect for cracks in flag stone paths or walls and rock gardens. They thrive in hot dry areas with good drainage. Some believe that those herbs grown in these conditions produce much better flavor.
Now is the time to plant your herbs, whether it is in a garden bed, a cracked wall or a container garden. Use your imagination. Consider color height and texture when planting your gardens. Not only will it be visually pleasing but your cooking will improve too!
Happy Gardening!
Copyright © 2006 Mary Hanna All Rights Reserved.
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About the Author
About the Author
Mary Hanna is an aspiring herbalist who lives in Central Florida. This allows her to grow gardens inside and outside year round. She has published other articles on Cruising, Gardening and Cooking. Visit her websites at http://www.CruiseTravelDirectory.com, http://www.ContainerGardeningSecrets.com, and http://www.GardeningHerb.com
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Happy Herb
Whatever your interest, growing herbs is easy and only a little planning is all that is needed to maintain This delicate perennial garden. Every garden deserves a herb garden, even if it means a few pots or trays, or just a box Window parsley, thyme and chives.
While some herbs like rosemary or Fennel can grow happily for years, Most must be renewed every 2-3 years, while others such as sage or dill can be grown from seed or cuttings each year.
But how I can herbs necessary to start a herb garden? Some herbs such as fennel grow large enough 1500mm high, while the parsley or thyme grow no more than 150 mm - 200 mm. It is preferable to opt for an advantage to purchase plants instead of grass seed, at least in this way will not end with twenty of the variety! Choose a sunny planting site started! To Small varieties to consider planting more than one, but it will depend on personal choices.
So What Can I use to fulfill my new herb garden? Well, there is great variety, but choose varieties that will use and enjoy. Here is a list the most popular varieties:
- Parsley (Available in different varieties of flat sheets and curly) use both types in meat dishes and vegetables. A small factory.
- Thyme, great aroma and used to flavor almost any dish. A small factory.
- Chives, a small but easy to grow grass. A very easy to "cut and come" plants, just use fresh chives add a mild onion flavor foods and salads
- Mint - peppermint or mint Bowles (this plant can be invasive, to control the spread of the root / growth, plant in a plastic container in the ground)
- tarragon French is a delicate plant upright but excellent flavor for fish, salads, etc.
- Sage green, with large fillings, pasta
- Fennel is a hardy plant with high self-seeding. It is used to flavor a wide range that includes fish, eggs, cheese, vegetables, etc. The leaves and bulbs have a pleasant anise flavor that is popular among others.
- Melisa used in cold drinks and hot tea. Such as mint, can spread rapidly if plants in a container on the ground.
- Green
- Golden marjoram can be used in the meat filling.
- Oregano, add all the sauces in the Italian style.
- Dill, leaves and seeds popular herb used marinades for flavor, cucumber and fish dishes. A large plant with a pen as the foliage.
- Chervil somewhat similar in appearance to parsley with a delicate aroma and the sauce is used in soups, sauces and salads.
- Basil or basil is a plant with a sweet year with a spicy taste. Well with all the dishes of tomato.
- Romero exceptional flavor lamb, chicken, roast or barbecue.
- Bay with its leaves of herbs is very great and popular add flavor to a variety of dishes including fish, soups and stews, especially French. Remember to dispose of leaves before serving the food!
Sometimes the herb garden aromatic may seem a bit tired during the winter months. To avoid this, why not add a little more structure by planting the perimeter of Buxus sempervirens, which can be trimmed to provide a very long year Intelligent planted green perimeter. Standards Use Bay Leaf or mops to add a formal and visual interest to the height of the head. Plant herbs Favorites on the perimeter. Remember that herbs grow better in a sunny, if it is used in the kitchen, on the floor of the House. If space is limited, can also plant grass between the shrubs or in containers. Plant in groups of 3-5 for maximum impact.
About the Author
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