| The expanding popularity of the use of whole | | | | meet your particular needs. The Internet is also a |
| ingredients in maintaining a healthy lifestyle, as well as | | | | great resource for herb gardening on all levels. Be |
| the renewed attention given to alternative forms of | | | | sure to research each specific herb to determine its |
| medical treatment, have fostered increased attention | | | | optimum growing conditions. |
| on the use of herbs. Used in a host of cuisines, as | | | | Obviously, through the fair weather months, it is |
| well as treatment for minor ailments and even | | | | easy to simply snip some herbs from your garden for |
| disease, natural herbs have enjoyed a long and | | | | instant use. But herb gardening can be a year round |
| celebrated history. | | | | project as you also have the opportunity to dry and |
| For those looking to transform their lifestyle, the use | | | | store herbs for winter use. |
| of natural herbs in their diet and medicine cabinets, | | | | This process actually begins in mid-summer when the |
| can be a momentous step in the right direction. While | | | | leafy herbs are in mid flourish. Cut the tops of the |
| herbs can certainly be found in local grocery stores, | | | | leaves and wash them well under cold water. The |
| farmers markets, and health food stores, many | | | | leaves are then hung to dry and then bundled by |
| people are turning to herb gardening in order to have | | | | type - stems tied together. Herbs should then be |
| what they need at their fingertips at all times. | | | | stored - leaves first - in a paper bag which is tied |
| Herb gardening can be as simple as you make it and | | | | closed at the end. The bag should then be hung in a |
| does not require a large amount of land to be | | | | cool, dry place. |
| successful. Many a gardening enthusiast has been able | | | | In a matter of weeks the herbs should be dry |
| to achieve a beautiful and space efficient herb garden | | | | enough to leave the bag at which time they should |
| in pots that sit right outside their door. This can be | | | | be crumbled and dried in the oven at an extremely |
| enormously beneficial for those who live in the city | | | | low temperature. Your goal is to remove any |
| and only have access to a fire escape or small | | | | remaining moisture, not to cook the herbs. At this |
| outside facility. | | | | point, your herbs can be stored for a variety of uses. |
| Any plant supply store can easily show you the ins | | | | Herb gardening can bring a lifetime of enjoyment and |
| and outs of herb gardening in the ground or in pots, | | | | experimentation as you learn to discover what herbs |
| as well as help you choose a selection of herbs that | | | | work best for you. |