A Grow-It-Yourself Herb Garden
Herbs- flavourful, aromatic plants are not at all difficult to grow. They have a much better flavour fresh than dried, and the best way to ensure a ready supply is to have your own herb garden.
If you don’t have enough land for a garden, herbs can be grown in pots on terraces or even in sunny windows. They may also be dried and stored for later use.
For drying, select herbs at their peak, pick them in the early morning, and sun-dry for several hours during the hottest part of the day (to help prevent mould). Then tie them in bunches and hang them upside down, or spread them thinly on a piece of window screening that is supported above the floor-in a dark room where the air can circulate freely around the herbs.
Many herbs are hardly perennials (savory, tarragon, thyme); some are annuals, and a few are biennials (parsley), producing seeds every other year(basil, chervil, fennel, marjoram).
If you don’t have enough land for a garden, herbs can be grown in pots on terraces or even in sunny windows. They may also be dried and stored for later use.
For drying, select herbs at their peak, pick them in the early morning, and sun-dry for several hours during the hottest part of the day (to help prevent mould). Then tie them in bunches and hang them upside down, or spread them thinly on a piece of window screening that is supported above the floor-in a dark room where the air can circulate freely around the herbs.
Many herbs are hardly perennials (savory, tarragon, thyme); some are annuals, and a few are biennials (parsley), producing seeds every other year(basil, chervil, fennel, marjoram).
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