Tips for Growing an Herb Garden
May 7th, 2011
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Tips for an herb garden:
- Plant in full or mostly sun
- Choose a well drained location (herbs don’t like wet feet)
- Mix in some sand when planting (in clay soil) for better drainage
- Place taller growing herbs in the rear as a backdrop such as lavender, rosemary and pineapple sage
- Plant chocolate mint in a container for control
- Mulch herbs with aged compost or aged manure mix
- Allow soil to dry out between watering
- When harvesting for recipes, select oldest growth first
Best herbs for culinary:
- Chives
- Oregano
- Rosemary Arp
- Rosemary Majorca
- Chocolate Mint
- Lemon upright Thyme
- Hidcote Lavender
- Munstead Lavender
- Pineapple Sage
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