kitchen herb garden
hi, this is yolanda from vanveenbulbs. inthis segment, we're going to learn all about how to grow an herb garden indoors. now, it'snice to have dried herbs in the garden and have rosemary and basil and thyme, and it'swonderful to use them in cooking, especially with meats and vegetables and... i love myherbs. but it's easy to grow them inside as well. you don't just have to put them in asunny bed outside, they will live inside really well. so there's many different ways thatyou can have your own herb garden indoors, but the most important part is to have a sunnywindow. and i found this is nice morning sun, so it's facing east. and everything i planthere does really well. the whole room is lit up whenever it's a sunny day. and i have windowson the other side of the room, too, so that
seems to help a lot. so make sure when youhave...when you are growing herb garden indoors, that you have a lot of natural light cominginto that room. and the best part about this area is that i have a light on at night, soif you have a light on in your kitchen at night, it seems to help the herbs tremendously.so everything i've ever put in this window just thrives. so it's easy to plant herbs.all you have to do is put them in a little container or buy them right from the supplier.i just got these at the farmer's market. and this is oregano, and it's wonderful in anykind of italian dish. so i can just set it right in the window and it does really well.this is tarragon, also a wonderful spice with any kind of a meat. and different types ofthyme. so the key, i found, is you don't want
to do any damage to your kitchen, so makesure that you put them into a plate or on a plate or into a bowl. never put your herbsright onto the wood because it'll do a lot of damage to the wood over time. and makesure that you do have that sun, and keep them pretty watered, but let them dry out in between.so a lot of times, i will just soak them right into the sink for a little bit, let them dryout, put them on the plate, and put them back in. and that way, i don't make a mess, ever.so always check, too, that there's no water sitting underneath those plates because sometimesit'll drip over because you don't want to do any damage to the woodwork in your home.so herbs are wonderful, and you can trim right out from them. so my key, too, is if it'sgreen and lush, leave it alone and just cut
pieces as you need them for cooking. and eventually,a lot of times in the fall, too, even indoors, they'll die back a bit. so if there's anybrown pieces, just chop them out. and periodically, too, they'll look kind of ratty, so the bestpart about herbs is you can trim them right down and they'll grow right back. so it'sreally easy to trim them back, and you don't have to feel that...like you've killed them.and if they do get too dried out, if they're sitting in water, sometimes you can lose them.and sometimes i've gotten bugs into my herbs before, but an easy trick with that is eitherput olive oil right onto them because it kills most bugs, or i actually drown them. i'llput that plant right into my sink and cover the whole plant up with water for about 15minutes. and i'll pull the plant right back
out and most of the times, the bugs are gone.there's really no way to lose with herb gardening, whether you put them in one big containeror just have them on a windowsill. they're really easy to grow and they're a great additionto your home.
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