The Home Garden

The Salad Herb garden is also a great way to do a container home garden when pressed for space. Most herbs will thrive in a sunny position with morning sun preferable and afternoon shade. In hot weather it is essential to water your herbs at least every second day.

• Rocket – This herb is loaded with iron and vitamins, and comes with a rather bitter, but nutty taste. As such Rocket is the perfect accompaniment to other types of salad leaves. New growth is promoted when you pick the leaves. Leaves that are produced after the herb has flowered is not as tasty and you would thus do yourself a great favor to cut the plant down after it has flowered, or leave the flowers to set seed so you can propagate a new crop.
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If you are interested in cooking and gardening, then growing herbs should be just the right home garden for you. Herbs are best when it comes to cooking. A great way for the gardener to cater for the cook is to grow herbs. Planting up a collection of herbs to suit your tastes and interests should not be too difficult, besides herbs make great gifts.

A Garnishing Herb Home Garden

Plant some herbs to add as garnish to your salads, both winter and summer salads. If garnishing is your forte then you should grow the following herbs in your home garden.
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