"Garden Herbs
you can grow around the house!"

Growing garden herbs around the house will enrich your life. Once established, you'll wonder how you ever managed without the herb garden!

It's useful to have herbs in pots in the kitchen if you have the space, or in windowboxes. Read more about containers on this page...Container Herb Gardening

Let your imagination run free with some herby recipes for the family. You'll get loads of Brownie points!

Herbs also have medicinal properties,and although you should always be careful with herbal remedies, there are a number of basic tisanes you can try without coming to any harm - unless you have particular plant allergies. And of course simply eating the fresh herbs will aid digestion, and help fight off bugs and germs! Read through our garden herbs articles for pot loads of herbal inspiration!

Aloe Vera:

Aloe Vera , known as the healing plant, is easy to care for indoors or in the garden. It is a drought tolerant succulent which grows well in dry shade to part sun.

For full article click here Aloe Vera

Basil:

Basil needs warm humid conditions to grow, but in colder climates it can be successfully grown indoors. Basil will do well in a sheltered spot with your other garden herbs.

For full article click here Growing Basil



Borage:

Borage likes a sunny position with a well drained soil. Said to overwhelm the heart with gladness, Borage will self seed freely once established, and will overwhelm your garden if not controlled.

For full article click here Growing borage



Chives:

Chives should be grown in a sunny position and kept watered. Grow in a pot in the house for continuous use during the winter months. Chives are garden herbs at their best! Even the flowers are edible!

For full article click here. Growing chives



Comfrey:

One of the most efficient green manures on the planet. Comfrey should be in every garden. Grows well in shady spots and is easily propogated through root division.

For full article click here. Growing Comfrey



Coriander:

Fresh spicy flavors all year round from your garden herbs. Plant coriander at regular intervals from spring to autumn in a sunny position. It will over winter in all but the coldest climates. Can also be grown indoors.

For full article click here. Growing Coriander



Dill:

Dill is one of the easiest herbs to grow and would make a great first herb for someone who has never grown herbs before.

For full article click here. All about Dill



Echinacea:

Growing echinacea ( purple coneflowers ) in your garden really could help fight those stubborn colds, and a whole host of other things.

For full article click here Growing Echinacea



Horseradish:

Growing horseradish in your garden isn't a specialist project. Anyone can do it, given the right conditions. In fact, once your plants get established, they may take over the whole garden

For full article click here. Growing Horseradish

Thompson and Morgan, global seed supplier, has a great collection of garden herb seeds for worldwide delivery..create a herb garden indoors and out!

For full article click here. Growing Lavender



Mint:

Mint likes partial shade or a sunny site and well drained soil. Can be grown indoors. Mint is one of the easiest garden herbs to grow. Once established, you'll have trouble keeping up with it!

For full article click here. Garden Mint



Oregano:

Oregano likes a sunny spot and will tolerate very dry conditions. Mulch during the colder months to keep your plants going for 3 or 4 years.

For full article click here. Oregano



Parsley:

Parsley is probably one of the most well-known garden herbs and likes a rich moist soil and a sunny position. Plant seed from spring to autumn. (Biennial)

For full article click here. Growing Parsley



Rose Hips:

Roses can do more than grace our landscapes and floral designs. Like its cousins the apple, pear, peach and cherry, roses produce a fruit.

For full article click here. Rose Hips



Rosemary:

Growing rosemary in your garden will not only add a distinct flavour to your cooking, but will also stay green throughout the year, and produce pretty blue flowers during the summer months.

For full article click here. Rosemary

Sage:

Sage likes a light dry well drained soil in full sun. Replace woody plants every four or five years. Cut back after flowering.

For full article click here. Growing Sage



Thyme:

Thyme is a beautiful perennial plant that is useful in the kitchen and in the medicine cabinet! Likes a sunny dry place and is perfect for trailing over stone walls and rockeries.

For full article click here. Growing Thyme



Witch Hazel:

If you walk in the woods during the fall and winter, you may come across a small tree with fragrant yellow blossoms. Does this plant has its seasons mixed up and "thinks" its spring?

For full article click here. Witch Hazel



Spaghetti Garden:

A spaghetti garden is one of the most popular kitchen gardens. Anyone that has a sunny patch of ground or a window-box can grow these herbs of parsley, garlic, basil, bay laurel and oregano.

For full article click here. Spaghetti Garden

These are just a few herbs available for the home gardener. Browse through some gardening catalogs and grab a herb book from the library. You'll be amazed at the choice available.

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