Add spice to your meals and spruce up your kitchen with practical greenery – herbs. It doesn’t get much easier than this: Raise warm-climate herbs in a greenhouse window or on a windowsill that gets direct, bright sunlight, and grow moisture-loving herbs in indirect light. Naturals for your kitchen include basil, chives, mint, parsley, rosemary, sage and thyme. To plant your herb garden, just follow the general directions for planting in containers and follow these easy care instructions shown in the pictures and described in their captions below.
Kitchen Herb Garden - Step 1
Set your waterproof catch basin into your greenhouse window, on a windowsill or atop a plant stand situated in a sunny spot.
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Kitchen Herb Garden - Step 2
Plant your herbs in pots, water them thoroughly and allow them to drain. Arrange the shortest species nearest the light coming from the window, and place the taller plants behind them.
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Kitchen Herb Garden - Step 3
Place moisture-loving plants such as chervil, chives, and mint in partial shade.
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Kitchen Herb Garden - Step 4
For warmth-loving herbs, allow soil to dry completely between soakings; keep moisture-loving herbs evenly damp.
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Kitchen Herb Garden - Step 5
Rotate each of the plants a quarter turn every few days to promote even growth.
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Kitchen Herb Garden - Step 6
Every 2 weeks, apply liquid organic plant food diluted to half its recommended strength. Water herbs thoroughly after each fertilizer application.
Photo Credit: ©2002 Dolezal Publishing/John M. Rickard
