It’s been a while since I spent some time writing about indoor herb gardening so I wanted to put together a couple of posts together so I could revisit the subject. If you followed that link that I just posted there you will read my prior post that answered some of the basic questions that a beginner might have about starting an indoor herb garden.
Hopefully you went back and read the beginners gardening post so that the rest of this post will fall into place for you and make some sense. Now that you have the planning stages set aside for your new indoor herb garden now comes the fun part and choosing the right herb seeds to fill your indoor garden with and start growing your herbs.
In terms of herb seeds and which ones to grow you have a lot and I mean a lot to choose from so the first thing you may want to do in order to narrow your search for the right herb seeds to grow is decide if you want a herb garden for cooking or if you want a herb garden to help with medical treatments. If you are looking at an herb garden to help you with medical issues than you will most likely be looking at Chinese herbs to get you started. On the other hand if you are looking to grow a herb garden to add flavor to your culinary adventures than you are in luck as I will be going through a couple basic cooking herb seeds to get your indoor herb garden going.
Let’s start with a very common herb seed that is often used in your salads, soups and a certain French onion dip for your chips. I am of course referring to the herb seeds that grow chives and to start they need full sun with a little bit of shade. If you are having a hard time growing this herb seed then you may have your indoor herb garden on the too shady side. Chives are from the onion family and besides adding some tasty flavor to your dishes it’s also a pretty strong herb for keeping insects out of your indoor herb garden, a sort of natural insect repellent if you will
OK for the second herb seed that I would like to talk about a little bit here is favorite of mine when cooking some of my favorite Italian dishes like a certain pesto sauce. For those of you that do a lot of Italian cooking you know that the herb seed that I am referring to is the basil herb. The basil herb is probably most famously known for being used in in Italian and Asian dishes it is also however frequently used with a lot of yummy desserts as well. Just like the chive herb the basil herb thrives in full sun with just a touch of shade now and then.
One more herb seed before I bring this post to a close with so many to choose from I though I would keep it with in the same theme as the previous two herbs in that you will need full sun with an occasional shade to keep this herb happy. Also just as a point of reference for all three of the these herb seeds and their germination process is considered to be easy for all three of them. I like to keep things easy for those of you just starting out with your first indoor herb garden. Alright then I know you are just filled with anticipation to find out what the third herb seed is, so here it is Thyme. The herb thyme is widely used in a lot of culinary styles from Italian, French, Greek and Spanish being some of my favorites. It’s really great to use if you want to bring out the flavors of some of your meats like lamb or if you want to add to your favorite stew.
As is the case with all three of the herb seeds that I have mentioned remember that they all do very well with full sun. Each one happens to have a lot of use in the kitchen as well which is a good thing for those indoor beginner herb gardeners that want to get a lot of use out of their new herb growing hobby.
3 Herb Seeds For The Beginners Indoor Herb Garden
It’s been a while since I spent some time writing about indoor herb gardening so I wanted to put together a couple of posts together so I could revisit the subject. If you followed that link that I just posted there you will read my prior post that answered some of the basic questions that a beginner might have about starting an indoor herb garden.
Hopefully you went back and read the beginners gardening post so that the rest of this post will fall into place for you and make some sense. Now that you have the planning stages set aside for your new indoor herb garden now comes the fun part and choosing the right herb seeds to fill your indoor garden with and start growing your herbs.
In terms of herb seeds and which ones to grow you have a lot and I mean a lot to choose from so the first thing you may want to do in order to narrow your search for the right herb seeds to grow is decide if you want a herb garden for cooking or if you want a herb garden to help with medical treatments. If you are looking at an herb garden to help you with medical issues than you will most likely be looking at Chinese herbs to get you started. On the other hand if you are looking to grow a herb garden to add flavor to your culinary adventures than you are in luck as I will be going through a couple basic cooking herb seeds to get your indoor herb garden going.
Let’s start with a very common herb seed that is often used in your salads, soups and a certain French onion dip for your chips. I am of course referring to the herb seeds that grow chives and to start they need full sun with a little bit of shade. If you are having a hard time growing this herb seed then you may have your indoor herb garden on the too shady side. Chives are from the onion family and besides adding some tasty flavor to your dishes it’s also a pretty strong herb for keeping insects out of your indoor herb garden, a sort of natural insect repellent if you will
OK for the second herb seed that I would like to talk about a little bit here is favorite of mine when cooking some of my favorite Italian dishes like a certain pesto sauce. For those of you that do a lot of Italian cooking you know that the herb seed that I am referring to is the basil herb. The basil herb is probably most famously known for being used in in Italian and Asian dishes it is also however frequently used with a lot of yummy desserts as well. Just like the chive herb the basil herb thrives in full sun with just a touch of shade now and then.
One more herb seed before I bring this post to a close with so many to choose from I though I would keep it with in the same theme as the previous two herbs in that you will need full sun with an occasional shade to keep this herb happy. Also just as a point of reference for all three of the these herb seeds and their germination process is considered to be easy for all three of them. I like to keep things easy for those of you just starting out with your first indoor herb garden. Alright then I know you are just filled with anticipation to find out what the third herb seed is, so here it is Thyme. The herb thyme is widely used in a lot of culinary styles from Italian, French, Greek and Spanish being some of my favorites. It’s really great to use if you want to bring out the flavors of some of your meats like lamb or if you want to add to your favorite stew.
As is the case with all three of the herb seeds that I have mentioned remember that they all do very well with full sun. Each one happens to have a lot of use in the kitchen as well which is a good thing for those indoor beginner herb gardeners that want to get a lot of use out of their new herb growing hobby.