Want to be different? Plant Herbs in your Florida Garden…
and enjoy the fresh flavors in your cooking. 1
Herbs are woody herbaceous ornamental
plants and not vegetables. They are grown for their scent, ornamentation and
flavor and used in cooking and homeopathic treatments. Think how nice it would
be to walk out into your garden and clip your own herbs to add to that special
dish you are preparing or to add as a garnish to your favorite meal to dress it
up. It’s really quite simple to start and maintain your herb garden…
We are lucky here in South Florida
and can grow many of the common herbs year round. Our moderate weather is ideal
for growing edibles in south Florida; the garden size that you allocate can be
small even using containers in an ornamental fashion is fun and simple to do. We
like to plant edibles right in the landscape and blend in the plants into the
landscape. But many like to actually set aside a nice sunny well drained area
for their edible garden. Some herbs actually keep pest out of your garden and
off your other plants due to their pungent aroma, which some insects dislike.
Space and time… Space can be as
simple as a sunny out of the way area, a prominent spot to show off your
garden, finding spots in your existing landscape to place a few important herbs
or the right containers to make colorful plantings. Time is a consideration.
The larger the garden the more time you will need to maintain it. The good news
is that herbs by their very nature grow as easily as weeds… Most
herbs will grow easily and can take different conditions of sunlight and soil,
and with similar needs as vegetables. Plants can be started from seed or
purchased as small “baby” plants and transplanted in the garden.
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