Most of us use some kind of herb when cooking.
It can be used to enhance the flavor of the food or simply to make it smell good.
Having fresh herb in the food is always best.
For this reason, you should consider having an herb garden.
First of all, you will want to choose the herbs that you will want to grow.
This can be a bit overwhelming since there are hundreds of herbs available.
But the best way to narrow your choices is to take a look at your kitchen.
Find out which herb you regularly use and that should help you choose the herbs to grow.
Before planting your herb, it is important to get the garden ready for planting.
Most type of herb grow best in soil that has extremely good drainage.
If the soil is too saturated, the herb will have a hard time growing, and worse, the roots of the plant can get infected by diseases.
One of the best and easiest way to correct the drainage problem is to dig a foot deep in the soil, and put a layer of crushed rocks in it before adding soil.
This will allow all the water to escape when watering your plants.
Each herb will have their own requirement for growing.
Some needs watering each day, while other needs watering once every two days or so.
To prevent under-watering or over-watering, it is best to group the herb together by their requirement.
In addition, most herbs require at least 6 hours of sunlight each day to grow so be sure to pick an area where there are enough sunlight.
If you cared for the herb correctly, you should have healthy and delicious herbs to eat when it comes time to harvesting them.
You can pick each one to use for cooking or dry them for later uses.
Either way, you will have fresh herbs to use every time.