Gardening Advice
September is Garden Bloggers Bloom Day
Have you look around your favorites blogs this month?
September is Garden Bloggers Bloom Day and it’s your time to shine and show what you got in your garden. What flowers are blooming now? Do you have a favorite? This month is a colorful and inspirational month for all gardeners. it’s a time when we make mental notes for the next year plantings and are anxious for that time to get here.
Look around some of your favorites blogs. Some post are not all about gardening, but I am sure you’ll feel inspired either way.
This is a post from a blogger two days ago. (pictures) Go check it out.
http://caribbeangarden.blogspot.com/
How can you not be inspired after looking at these pictures?
Happy Garden Bloggers Bloom Day to all and Happy Gardening all year round.
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19 Sep 2008 The Organic Gardener 0 comments
Gardening Advice
Growing Herbs Indoors
How to Grow Hers Indoors
In colder climates, you can still garden year round by growing herbs indoors. Many herbs will grow year round if you keep them warn and well lit.
To begin with, you can purchase your herb seeds for growing your indoor herb garden from a local department store or from a gardening store. Herbs that do especially well indoors include mint, rosemary, chamomile, lavender, basil & oregano.
You can use any container as long as it has proper drainage. Be sure to put loose gravel below the soil and set the pots or containers on a tray so that you do not end up with a mess when excess water drains out.
You can use potting soil. We recommend you give your herbs a kick start by adding liquid compost to energize your herb garden. One bottle of Great big Plants will get you through the winter months and help your herbs thrive.
Lighting is an important issue because of the shorter winter daylight hours. Be sure to put your herbs near a window that faces south, which will provide the most daylight throughout the day. North facing windows will provide the least.
Once you have your herb garden planted, be sure to water it once every one to two weeks. Pay attention to the plants and the soil. The soil should be moist but not saturated, which deprives the plants of oxygen.
Growing Herbs indoors is especially great if you enjoy cooking and will use the herbs, or if you have kids and want to teach them about agriculture and where food comes from.
Your indoor herb garden can provide you will year round fresh herbs that will be easy to maintain and tasty to enjoy.
15 Sep 2008 The Organic Gardener
