Five Reasons For Growing Herbs In Pots
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Growing herbs in pots is a great to way to start an herb garden. Container plants can be kept indoors for a kitchen herb garden or can be placed around your garden outside. While most herbs are easy to incorporate into an outdoor garden and can thrive even in less than ideal soil conditions, there are some distinct advantages to growing herbs in pots as well.
Here are my 5 favorite things about Growing Herbs in Pots:
1. You control the growing conditions. All plants need three main things in order to grow successfully; sunlight, soil and water. Your herb garden, both indoor and out, will only flourish if it has enough sunlight; for most of the day. When you grow herb in pots, you can place them anywhere whether it's a sunny spot in your yard or a southern facing window in your house.
You also control the temperature and moisture of the soil. It's easy to control the environment with indoor herbs since you don't have to worry about too much or too little rain, hail damage or frost. But, your outdoor herbs in pots can easily be brought in to avoid frost or other damage. Many herbs also do well indoors for much of the year but prefer to be outdoors during the summer months. Potted plants make this transition easy.
2. Pots are a beautiful addition to your home or garden. Use your imagination when choosing containers for your herbs; for instance tea herbs can be planted in tea pots. Clay pots with side pockets are great for growing theme herb gardens such as an Italian herb garden. Keeping themed herbs together in one pot also makes it more convenient when you wan to use those herbs. All herbs can be grown in containers but some actually need to be grown in containers. Mint is an aggressive herb that can quickly take over your yard; therefore unless you want a lawn full of mint, I highly suggest you keep this one in a container!
3. Herbs in pots are easier to prune. You want to use your herbs throughout the growing the season to encourage new growth. A container garden in your kitchen makes it extremely easy to keep an eye on your herbs and prune them back when there is too much growth. Outdoor pots can also make this task easier than pruning back herbs in a large garden.
4. Kitchen garden provides easy access to your herbs while cooking. There is nothing like the flavor and aroma your food will have when you harvest your own fresh herbs while cooking. Store bought fresh herbs are expensive you often end up wasting much of them if your recipe only calls for a small of amount of fresh herbs. Fresh herbs are so flavorful that you generally don't need much anyway and you can save a considerable amount of money by growing your own.
5. Growing herbs in pots also keeps your herb garden manageable and prevents too much growth. Herbs are one of the easier plants to grow and many can easily grow quite large in a regular garden. Unless you plan on using a lot of herbs for cooking, teas or Potpourri and gifts, you may find a large garden more than you can handle. Sprinkling your garden with a few carefully places pots may be all you need during the growing season and enough for harvesting and drying during the winter.
Whether you decide on a large garden or just a few herbs in pots, I hope you do start a garden and enjoy it throughout the year.
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