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priscilla 1Essential Herbs to Grow in Your Garden
May 18th 2009 09:53
Thanks to the Reader's Digest, here are some of the most useful and popular herbs that you can plant in your garden.
Uses: The leaves have warm, spicy flavour. Use sparingly in soups, sauces, salads, omelettes and with meat, poultry and fish. Also a basis for pesto.
Planting: Sow seeds near sunny window or in greenhouse in early spring. Transplant to garden in early summer. Or sow seeds directly into the garden in late spring.
Uses: Leaves have a mild onion flavour. Chop them and add them to salads, egg and cheese dishes, cream cheese, mashed potatoes, sandwich spreads, and sauces. Use flowers in salads.
Planting: Sow seeds in spring or fall, ½ inch deep in rows 12 inches apart. As soon as the seedlings are established, thin within the rows to 6 inches apart. Or set out nursery grown plants in early spring, 9-12 inches apart.
Uses: Brew leaves into tea, or use to garnish cold drinks. Spearmint is generally used to make mint sauce or jelly. Sprinkle dried or fresh leaves over lamb before cooking.
Planting: In autumn or spring, plant 4- to 6-inch pieces of root 2 inches deep and 12 inches apart. Water well. Check roots' tendency to overtake nearby plant roots by sinking boards or bricks 1 foot deep around beds or by planting in a large bottomless plastic bucket sunken into a garden bed.
Uses: Mix leaves into salads, soups, stews, casseroles, and omelettes. Serve fresh as garnish with meat, fish, and onion dishes.
Planting: Sow seeds in mid-spring for summer cutting, midsummer for autumn and winter harvests. Soak seeds overnight and broadcast thinly. Thin established seedlings to 9-10 inches apart.
Uses: Rub chopped leaves (fresh or dried) into beef, lamb, veal, or pork before roasting. Sprinkle over eggs, cheese dishes, vegetables, fish, or poultry. Add to soups, stews, stuffings, and rice. Brew into tea with a little rosemary and mint.
Planting: Sow seeds in midspring in shallow rows 1 foot apart. When seedlings are established, thin to 6-inch. spacings. Set out nursery-grown planting in early spring, 6-9 inches apart.
Basil
Chives
Planting: Sow seeds in spring or fall, ½ inch deep in rows 12 inches apart. As soon as the seedlings are established, thin within the rows to 6 inches apart. Or set out nursery grown plants in early spring, 9-12 inches apart.
Mint
Planting: In autumn or spring, plant 4- to 6-inch pieces of root 2 inches deep and 12 inches apart. Water well. Check roots' tendency to overtake nearby plant roots by sinking boards or bricks 1 foot deep around beds or by planting in a large bottomless plastic bucket sunken into a garden bed.
Parsley
Planting: Sow seeds in mid-spring for summer cutting, midsummer for autumn and winter harvests. Soak seeds overnight and broadcast thinly. Thin established seedlings to 9-10 inches apart.
Thyme
Planting: Sow seeds in midspring in shallow rows 1 foot apart. When seedlings are established, thin to 6-inch. spacings. Set out nursery-grown planting in early spring, 6-9 inches apart.
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