Creating a little section in your garden entirely dedicated to herb plants is a wonderful idea as fresh herbs make an excellent addition to home cooked meals. With a range of different flavours and tastes to enjoy, planting a wonderful selection in your garden can be a marvellous addition. A planter is a fantastic way to grow your herbs and plants, and herbs look visually attractive when placed together. The different textures and colours add a whole new section to your garden and will be easily available should you want to put them in a dish.
The herb planter has become popular in recent years due to people's cuisine choices widening and experimenting with Chinese, Italian and Indian food. Make sure that the space you wish to place your planter receives good levels of sunshine. You need an area that will receive around five hours of sunlight each day. You also need to make sure that the soil within your herb planter is well drained so your little herbs can grow. If you are planning on cooking with your herbs then placing them near the kitchen is also a good idea.
You may have to separate your herbs so that they do not intrude on one another's growing space. You can do this by adding wood sections or stone, depending on which option looks best for your planter. Mint should definitely be kept separate as it will encroach on other plants, perhaps kept in another plant container somewhere else.
Most of the herbs that you plant will be able to be used again once they have been harvested for your cooking. However some herbs like dill and coriander are not so good at lasting so will probably need replacing once you have used all of their leaves. If you need a constant supply of a certain herb then its important to have several plants at different stages of their growth cycle so you never fall short.
When you are first choosing which herbs you want to put in your planter then its best to start with plants you know first and are likely to use in your food preparation. If you use a lot of basil, garlic and parsley and rarely use other herbs then dedicate a whole section to these plants. If you have a space left in your planter that you wish to use then grown some different herbs that you haven't tried before. Some herbs will grow better in your garden than others and it is exciting to explore which ones.
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Dominic Donaldson is an expert in gardening.
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