Growing Herbs In Pots: Growing Culinary HerbsGrowing Indoor HerbsGrowing herbs in pots is easy and fun. If you have a sunroom or a window large enough to allow sun into an area of your home, you can grow herbs indoors. In the summer you can grow herbs on the porch or balcony of your apartment. Most herbs need some sun. Hot weather herbs like basil will need at least four to six hours of sunlight a day. Growing Herbs In Pots: Choosing Your HerbsThe first phase of growing herbs and other plants in pots is choosing what herbs you want to grow. What will you be using them for? What grows easily in your climate? Are you growing herbs for alternative herbal medicine purposes? Or do you want aromatic, flavorful herbs for cooking?Common herbs used for seasonings in cooking are basil, sage, thyme, rosemary, and dill weed. All of these common herbs are pretty easy to grow in pots, indoors or outdoors. Medicinal herbs may not be as easy to grow. If you want to grow herbs such as American Ginseng, then the first thing to do is find out what kind of climate and soil this plant grows best in. Then duplicate that climate and soil, if you can. Once you choose your herbs, seeds, and soil, you are now ready for planting.
Growing Herbs In Pots: Taking Care of Your Potted PlantsPlants grown in pots need to be watered almost every day, especially those that are in the sun and grown in dryer climates. Herb plants indoors should be watered every couple of days.Potted plants need to have pots that have slots or holes on the sides of the pots to allow for extra water runoff and drainage. Bottom trays for pots give the plant water if the plant gets too dry. Indoor plants love to be lightly misted down with water on the leaves. If you see a spider on or near your plants and it is not poisonous, then leave it there. Spiders are very beneficial to your plants because they catch and eat the bad insects. They never wander away from the plant because that is where they get their food supply.
Growing Herbs In Pots: Herbs For CookingBasil is one of those herbs that grows very easily in pots and is great in many of your recipes. In fact, aromatic, tasty herbs can be added for flavor to all of your healthy eating recipes. Basil tastes great in tomato sauces. Sage is wonderful on poultry, stuffings, and gravies.Rosemary and thyme compliment chicken and rice dishes. No matter what your healthy eating plans are, herbs are sure to complement the flavor well.
Growing Herbs: Drying and Storing Your HerbsHerb drying is fairly easy. They can be dried in several different ways. They can be sun dried outdoors in trays with screening over the top to protect them from bugs and other outdoor contaminates.Herbs can be picked and washed and then hung upside down to dry from the ceiling. Or another quick way to dry is in the oven on the lowest setting. Simply lay your cleaned herbs flat on cookie sheets and let them oven dry overnight. Remember, dried herbs are more potent than the freshly picked. You will only need half the amount you would normally use for cooking. Rosemary and sage are both very aromatic herbs. You will never use more than a teaspoon or two of the dried to flavor a dish. Save store bought herb jars and canisters for storing your home grown dried herbs. Label them accordingly.
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