Fresh Herb Gardening For You



Posted: Sunday, October 25, 2009

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the Herb Gardening Site

Have you ever considered fresh herb gardening?  The reason is that many people have in their kitchens, a rack containing bottles of dried herbs, which are there mainly for decoration because some of the herbs have not been used for years.  And when they do get to use them they have already lost much of their aroma and taste.  And that's not very satisfying.

It is when we cook with fresh herbs that a sense of culinary satisfaction returns.  The moral of the story is, use fresh herbs.

But how do you have fresh herbs on hand when you want to use them?  The answer of course is to have your own fresh herb gardening project so that you can have fresh herbs "on tap" whenever you want.

But having a fresh herb gardening project means more than just having fresh herbs available for cooking.  When  successful, such a project will ensure that you have sufficient quantity and variety of herbs that will provide you with healing and health enhancing herbal teas, herbs for decoration purposes, sweet smelling aromas in the clothes drawers, tinctures to give one a good night's sleep, relieve for baby's tummy and so on.

To plan for your fresh herb gardening project, first define why you would want to have a fresh herb garden.  In answering why you will end up with a list of the herbs that you would want to grow in your fresh herb gardening project.  An example will be if one of your "why's" is to be able to drink chamomile tea daily then you would need to have chamomile in your fresh herb gardening project.

To start you off in this part of your fresh herb gardening project I list below my top three fresh herb plants that you can consider adding to your initial list of herb plants to grow.

 

  1. Chamomile
Many people have a standard supply of chamomile tea bags in their cupboards as they have discovered that chamomile tea enables them to relax after a hard day's work and a cuppa before bed helps them to sleep well and revitalise their bodies in the night.

If dried chamomile can do this, imagine what fresh chamomile from your fresh herb gardening project can do for you.  With all its goodness intact, a cup of fresh chamomile tea is known to be capable of calming and relaxing a person's mind and body and able to release that person from insomnia, constant nightmares, sore-throats and debilitating menstrual cramps. 

  1. Bee Balm (Oswego)
Also known as Oswego, Bee Balm leaves make a great cup of Oswego tea.  I like its fruity flavour and the fact that I can drink it cold.  I can put it in the fridge to cool down or make it concentrated so that I can add ice cubes to it for an even colder drink for those balmy hot summer days.

Oswego is known to provide relief from bronchial and stomach ailments and would I think, make a good choice for your fresh herb gardening project.

  1. Rosemary
Rosemary is a popular culinary herb and so would be useful to have just for cooking purposes.  But Rosemary has attributes that are purportedly effective for reducing depression and blood circulation problems.  This is one aspect of an herbal remedy that is valuable for some.  If this is so then where beneficial, drinking rosemary tea on a regular basis may bring relief for the long term.

Why not start a fresh herb gardening project with these three plants.   You can start with just three small plants on your windowsill just to see if you like it.  You can always expand later.
 
Shad Alan is an herb gardening enthusiast and owner of the Herb Gardening Site.  For more great tips on fresh herb gardening and starting a herb gardening project, visit  www.HerbGardeningSite.com the one-stop resource for herb gardening enthusiasts

 
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Top-level comments on this article: (3 total)
» left by Simon Foster
 2 years 108 days ago.
3 fans.
I tried to start a small herb garden out back this year but it was a wet summer and the slugs had the lot! Maybe next year. Good article. Thanks.
» left by Shad Alan from United Kingdom 2 years 107 days ago.
7 fans.
Hello Simon,
 
What a dissapointment. Do you think that starting a few herbs in pots first until they get strong enough for transplanting (if you still want to by then) will do the trick? You could do some in pots and some directly into the ground and see what happens.
 
All the best for the next try.
» left by Paul Schroeder
 2 years 107 days ago.
71 fans.
This article made me pine;I cannot wait until spring to set up another herbal garden,this time a butterfly and moth and hummingbird attractant garden,for sure
» left by Paul Schroeder
 2 years 107 days ago.
71 fans.
This article made me pine;I cannot wait until spring to set up another herbal garden,this time a butterfly and moth and hummingbird attractant garden,for sure
» left by Shad Alan from United Kingdom 2 years 107 days ago.
7 fans.
Hello Paul,
 
It sounds great already!  Please do share your progress with us next spring.
 
Perhaps you could start with 2 or 3 small pots in the warmth of your kitchen for now?
 
Happy herb garden dreaming.
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