Simple Herb Gardening

Herbs have been around since time immemorial and served many different purposes. They have been used to treat illnesses and to flavor cooking. They were even believed to have had magical powers.  Do you want to have your own herb garden?  Here are a few ideas on how to establish a workable herb garden.

Plan your garden.

Consider the herbs that 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 that 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 positioning will help you in this area.

If you would rather keep herbs out of your garden and some are quite invasive, then you could use 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 and measuring 3 feet.  You can border it with either 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 an alkaline soil.  Most plants like a slightly acidic soil. This is the reason why you have to determine the herbs you want to plant in the planning stage. 

This will help you to 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 local soil, watering and temperature types.

Herbs are some of the easiest plants to grow. You just have to provide them with 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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Sally Robson is a South African Internet marketer, who together with her husband Derek, have a vision of empowering all fellow South Africans and other non U.S folk, to have equal opportunity and success on the internet, by overcoming the many obstacles facing them. They have started a string of sites, resources, courses and articles, as part of Dersalsites. Sally has a passion for gardening. For more articles and advice on gardening topics, visit Sally at: http://www.dersalsites.com/sallysgardeningtips/ 

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