Kitchen Herb Garden: Why Start Growing Fresh Herbs?

Posted by pano | Under Herb Garden Thursday Feb 12, 2009

If you have been thinking whether or not to start your own kitchen herb garden, stop procrastinating, now is the time for you to act !

There are many persuasive reasons why you should begin growing fresh herbs in your own home; health, taste and finances have to be up there with the top reasons.

You can start by growing herbs in an indoor herb garden or on a windowsill. If you have the space you can embark on an outdoor herb garden or if you are more comfortable with the idea you can start a container herb garden. Whatever you choose, know that you are making the right choice!

Fresh, Interesting, and Good for You!

Whatever type of herb garden you have you can plan it so you will always have fresh herbs ready for the picking. When you grow your own kitchen herb garden, you will no longer have to run to the store for that obscure herb ingredient to finish off the dish—instead, you will have it right outside (or inside!!).

In addition, having your own special herbs around in your herb garden can help to change up any dish. No longer will you have the same boring chicken night after night. Instead, simply add a few different herbs to give the chicken a zing or a zap.

Fresh herbs are also good for you, which is a great reason to start your own herb garden. Fresh herbs can boost a meal’s vitamin value, but that is not the only benefit from growing fresh herbs. If you have an outdoor herb garden you will have to exercise in order to tend to it, which is great for your health! If that’s too great a first leap, have you thought of starting with a Chia herb garden?

Money, Money, Money!

Everyone wants to save money! If you go to the grocery store you will see that a tiny jar of herbs or spices is going to cost you several dollars. If you want to buy fresh herbs, which taste better and are better for you, you will be spending much more than a couple of dollars. But a couple of dollars is all you need to start a great kitchen herb garden, Then again you won’t be stuck with the ‘same old, same old’ herbs that many grocery stores carry.

Instead of spending so much every time you need to use the herb, if you plant them yourself in your own herb garden you can simply walk over to the plant and snip some off.

In addition, if you are able to grow a very large quantity of herbs in your herb garden, you could always sell some of them, or give them to friends and family members to help them enjoy fresh herbs without busting their budget. The alternative, which is becoming very popular because of its ‘ease of doing’ and potential big cash savings, is drying fresh herbs yourself.

Whichever method you choose to use in building your own kitchen herb garden know that learning how to grow herbs is an asset in the bank for you and your families health, taste and finances !

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