Tips On how To
Plant Herbs In Your Garden
Herbs have been around since time immemorial and served
different kinds of purposes. They have been used to treat
illness and flavour cooking, they were even believed to have
magical powers. Do you want to have your own herb garden?
Here are a few ideas on how to establish an herb garden.
Plan your garden. Consider the herbs you want to plant.
Think about their types. Would you like annuals, biennials or
perennials? How much space will they occupy in your garden?
If you want, you can purchase a book that can give you the
right information on what specific plants you are planning
to grow.
List or draw your garden on paper first. Separate
the annuals from the perennials, so when the time comes that
you have to pull out the annuals, you won't be disturbing
the perennials. Perennials can be planted on the edge of
your garden so when it is time to till your garden, they
won't be in danger of getting dug up.
Another thing to
remember is that you have to plant the tall ones at the back
and the shorter ones in front. Also, provide your plants
with enough space to grow.Proper position shall help you in
this area. If you would rather keep herbs out of your garden
(and some are quite invasive) you could have herb pots.
These are large containers with three or more outlets for
the herbs.
Fill the pot up to the first outlet and plant it
before continuing on with the filling and planting process.
Usually, the herb that requires the most water is planted in
the bottom hole, while the variety that requires the least,
goes in the highest hole.
Some Design Ideas. You can consider
having a square herb bed. You can have your square bed
divided into four by two paths crossing at mid point
measuring 3 feet. You can border it with stone or brick.
A wooden ladder may
also do the trick. You can lay it down on your garden and
plant your herbs between its rungs. You can also choose to
have a wagon wheel bed.
Planting here is like planting with
the wooden ladders. Plant your herbs in between the wagon
wheel's wedges. Get Your Plants Growing Of course, different
plants have different needs, but many of them require
alkaline soil. This is the reason why you have to determine
the herbs you want to plant in the planning stage.
This can
more or less help you find out how you should care for your
plants. If you germinate your herbs from seeds, remember to
follow the directions on the packet for soil, watering and temperature.
Herbs are some of the easiest plants to grow.
You just have to provide them with an effective drainage,
sunlight, enough humidity or moisture and fertile soil. Even
with just minimally meeting these requirements they will be
bound produce a good harvest.
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