Herbs are more and more eagerly grown nowadays. There are obvious reasons for the interest in growing a herb garden as it is rewarding, practical and healthy. Having your own small plantation of basil to supply your everyday cooking demands, provides you with fresh, organic spices and saves your money. But it is not only that, herbs are planted to spread nice aroma and because they look nice.
When growing a herb garden drying is a process you should not forget about. It preserves herbs for using them during the winter, especially if they are used for cooking. First, you cut the tops and leaves, wash them and hang up to dry. Next, the stems should be tied and put in a paper bag. Then, two or three weeks later, you should remove the stems, crush the leaves and dry them in the oven. The best way to store them is in a glass jar.
Definately, basil is the most commonly grown herb. It is often planted as decoration due to its beautiful additions such as “Dark Opal” and regular green basil. Dark Opal stands out with its light pink flowers and dark red leaves. Very often basil is used for flavoring tomato juices and pastes.
Almost equally popular is chives, looks like a very petite blade of grass. In reality, they are not that weak as they look and can survive a severe drought. Growing chives is fairly simple, and does not demand a lot hassle, which makes this sturdy herb perfect if you consider growing a herb garden .. Chives are are added to egg dishes, salads, and many different sauces.
Used in mint juleps, mint jell , lemonade, and other fruit drinks, mint is also easy to grow, thus good when growing a herb garden . Its unique minty smell brought it fame. Two other herbs that appear in many herb garden are sage and thyme, both used for flavoring soups, chicken, pork, turkey, and sausages. Sage is also grown sometimes for its beautiful blue spiked flowers.
Famous for its exquisite smell, Lavender is often used in candles, as a perfume scent, and to improve the smell in linen chests. The smell of light purple flowers is very pleasant.
Among other herbs often used when growing a herb garden are borage (used in salads), sweet marjoram (flavors lamb, fish, salad, and soup), sesame (flavors crackers, cookies, and bread), chervil (used in egg dishes), and dill (flavors meats and used in pickles). Herb gardening allows gardeners to use herbs from their own garden for cooking, decoration and aroma. Herb gardening produces much fresher herbs with more flavor than those bought in stores, at a lowest cost.
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