With daylight savings time kicking in this weekend, that means one thing – Spring is on its way. Soon it will be outdoor planting time to ensure you have a steady crop of fresh produce throughout the summer.
But you don’t have to wait a few more months before the weather allows you to start living green and growing your own fresh produce. Actually, it’s quite easy to grow plants inside – especially herbs. While buying even a small sprig of herbs from a store can be pricey, you can inexpensively grow your own at home.
Here are 10 herbs that can easily thrive inside and some specific uses and tips for growing herbs indoors:
Basil – great in salads and on sandwiches, you can start basil from seed. Just make sure the pots are in a south window where they’ll get lots of warm sun.
Thyme – with its many varieties that make a wonderful addition to almost any dish, thyme favors full sun, so it’s best in a south-facing window. It can also grow okay in an east- or west-facing window.
Chives – always giving that perfect amount of sharpness, chives grow best in the brightest window you have.
Rosemary – used in a variety of dishes and on meats, it’s better to start rosemary with a small plant from a nursery and put it in a south-facing window.
Tarragon – since it needs a dormancy period to thrive, it’s better to buy a small plant from a nursery and then put it in a south-facing window.
Bay – just one or two leaves add great flavor to soups and stews. Put these pots in an east or west window, and make sure there is good circulation in the room.
Oregano – delicious in foods whether fresh or allowed to dry, place the pot in a south-facing window to give it the best amount of sunlight.
Chervil – chop this up and put it on just about anything. The plants grow better in low light and low temperatures between 65 and 70 degrees.
Parsley – either as a garnish or chopped into a salad, parsley grows best in a window that offers full sun, but can also grow in an east- or west-facing window.
Sage – great with poultry dishes, sage doesn’t need much water, but it needs the strong sun of a south-facing window.
To get started growing an indoor herb garden, fill some pots with soil, and plant the seeds or plants according to each type’s specific directions. Even better than pots, be extra green and re-purpose toilet paper rolls to start your seeds. Then you can transplant them outside when the weather warms up.
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Sources
http://www.wikihow.com/Grow-an-Herb-Garden-Indoors-Year-Round
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