Indoor Herb Garden: Planting & Growing Herbs Indoors
Written by bstanley on August 04, 2009 in Herb gardening, herbs
Whether it is because of the winter snow outside, limited gardening space or just to brighten up your house, growing herbs indoors can be very useful to you. Indoor gardening can help you grow herbs that you can use for cooking or seasoning. It is less tedious and time consuming to grow herbs indoors as you can watch and care for your indoor herb garden right from your home. Furthermore, planting herbs inside the house ensures you have a supply of fresh herbs all year long. An indoor herb garden can be very beneficial to you and all you would need is a little time and effort to see your plants blossom yearlong. Click here to read more …
Growing Watercress From Watercress Seeds
Written by bstanley on July 23, 2009 in Herb gardening, herbs
Growing watercress can be both easy and beneficial as this perennial has the healthy component lutein that helps prevent coronary artery diseases and heart attacks. Moreover, watercress has many culinary and decorative uses.
How to Grow Watercress In Water
Contrary to popular opinion, one does not need a flowing stream for growing watercress and watercress lettuce can be grown if you want to conserve water. It can be easily grown indoors a few weeks before the last frost, by placing the watercress seeds on a moist paper towel that has been previously soaked in water and now placed in a shallow bowl, with about a quarter inch of standing water. An easier method of germinating watercress seeds is to use stem cuttings and placing them in a bucket of water or a black polythene bag. To grow watercress in this way, the water should be changed everyday as stagnant water spells death for the watercress seeds. The seeds germinate 7-10 days later.
Click here to read more …
How To Grow Basil Easily and Quickly
Written by bstanley on July 21, 2009 in Herb gardening, herbs
Growing basil is a good way to get started for novice gardeners using seeds, seedlings or cuttings from basil plants. Basil is also a great medicinal herb for those interested in creating a medicinal herb garden.
Right Weather And Soil For Growing Basil
Basil plants, members of the mint family require 6-8 hours of sunlight daily. They can be grown outdoors once the daytime temperatures are in the 70s°F and night temperatures are above 50°F. While planting basil one should remember it is sensitive to frost and hence it should be sown in late March, after all danger of frost has passed. Growing basil indoors can happen at any time of the year, provided the basil plants receive adequate natural or artificial light.