Growing Herbs for Beginners in Your Home Garden
Herbs are perfect for any kitchen garden, windowsill, or container garden. You can also grow them on patios or in flower pots.
Growing Herbs for Beginners
If you’re new to growing herbs, let’s explore some easy-to-grow herbs to start with!
⇒If you are all excited & want to begin right away by growing herbs in pots outdoors or indoors, look at this set of Potted Herb Garden Collection.
1. Parsley
SUMMARY: Slightly Pungent. Use Fresh or Dried. Perfect for color, flavor and garnish. Parsley offers many nutritional benefits as it is known to be high in Vitamin C, Calcium and Iron.
Parsley is a wonderful starter herb, as it is so easy to grow. It is a nice addition to savory dishes and salads, plus it works extremely well as a garnish.
And parsley also works as a natural breath freshener.
I love drying some of my fresh parsley for winter use! It is perfect in my Homemade Breakfast Sausage Recipe.
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2. Oregano
SUMMARY: Complex flavor that resembles a cross between mint, thyme, and rosemary.
Oregano is associated with Italian cooking and spaghetti in particular. Oregano is a good source of several vitamins and minerals like: calcium, manganese, vitamin K, fiber, and iron.
This is one of those go-to herbs for anything related to spaghetti, pasta sauces, and pizza.
It is a wonderful aromatic herb that is perfect for any small herb garden or windowsill garden. Fresh and clean, it is the perfect herb to include in your Small Kitchen Garden.
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3. Thyme
SUMMARY: Thyme is an age-old herb with many culinary uses and has long been favored as a preferred seasoning for stews, soups, and meat dishes.
It is one of the main ingredients in the herbs de Provence seasoning blend. Thyme has many medicinal uses as well.
“Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme…..” as the old Simon and Garfunkel song goes…..Thyme has been a century-old seasoning for good reason.
This aromatic herb is perfect for hearty soups, stews, and meat dishes.
This is one of the many herbs that I use in making Homemade Lowfat Breakfast Sausage!
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4. Basil
SUMMARY: Basil belongs to the mint family. It is also called St. John’s Wort and may offer anti-inflammatory benefits.
The mint family can be identified by the square stems. All mint plants have this characteristic square stem, so they are easy to recognize.
May be used fresh or dried.
Basil is a very common, well-known herb that is easily grown in your herb garden or on your windowsill.
It is associated with Vietnamese, Thai, and Indonesian cooking.
Sweet basil is a primary ingredient in Italian cuisine. It is the main ingredient in pesto, either fresh or dried.
This is a perfect herb to start when growing herbs for beginners.
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This may be out of stock at some point during the year. Just keep trying, and these plants will come back in stock.
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5. Peppermint or Spearmint
SUMMARY: There are a wide variety of types of mint. Peppermint and spearmint are main ingredients in herb teas. Mint may offer medicinal qualities. Use fresh or dried.
Mint is often taken to soothe stomach upsets or calm indigestion. It is added in a wide variety of herbal tea combinations.
It is best grown in a controlled environment as it has a tendency to run wild and is considered an invasive species due to its hardy nature.
It propagates underground and will send up new growth in all directions.
Just be very careful of planting any type of mint in your vegetable, herb, or flower garden, as it will divide and conquer everything else…but mint does have its redeeming qualities of being super hardy and very pleasant tasting.
Try adding fresh mint leaves to your herbal tea or Cucumber Mint Infused Water
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6. Easy Growing Herbs for Beginners are Chives
SUMMARY: Chives are in the same family as onions, garlic, and leeks.
They have a strong flavor that enhances soups, stews, meat, vegetable dishes, dips, and savory breads or crackers.
Chives are a wonderfully hardy, drought-resistant plant in the allium family. They grow in clumps from bulbs.
Chives produce beautiful, roundish, light purple flowers on hollow stems. They love a sunny location.
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Chives are super easy to harvest. Simply cut the stems with scissors about one inch above the ground, rinse, dry, chop, and freeze.
I like to spread them on a cookie sheet so they freeze individually. This way you can just take a tablespoon or two or grab a handful from your freezer bags, containers, or jars.
They are perfect for any dish that requires an onion flavor plus a green accent for color. One more thing…think about dehydrating some chives!!! See the link below…..
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7. Rosemary
SUMMARY: Strong and earthy. Use fresh or dried rosemary for color, flavor, and decoration. This delicate plant does not survive winter well.
Rosemary needs a mild climate with high humidity.
Rosemary is more of an evergreen-type plant.
It has leaves that resemble pine or spruce needles.
This herb does need some special care even when grown indoors. Furthermore, Rosemary works well with savory meat dishes, especially lamb, wild game, pork, and fish.
Read about specific growing condition on How to Grow Rosemary
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8. Sage
SUMMARY: Pungent and Savory. Very flavorful. Use fresh or dried. Sage is a source of vitamins and minerals, to include vitamin C, vitamin E, thiamine, and copper.
Culinary sage, fresh or dried, is often added to savory meat and vegetable dishes.
I always add a fair amount of dried sausage to my Low Fat Breakfast Sausage Recipe. Also, consider adding one teaspoon of sage to your favorite homemade chicken soup, bread stuffing for poultry or savory meatloaf recipes.
Interestingly enough, sage is harvested throughout the growing season.
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This may be out of stock at some point during the year.
Just keep trying and these plants will come back in stock. But, you may find sage in this collection of plants.
Related Post: How to Use Sage in Cooking
9. Dill Weed is A Great when Growing Herbs for Beginners
SUMMARY: Dill Weed is used in many dishes. It is colorful and flavorful.
Dill weed is a main ingredient in dill pickles and other pickled foods.
Greek, Slavic, and Turkish dishes, especially savory meat dishes that include fish, eggs, cheese, and poultry, use dill weed. Because dill has such a strong, distinctive flavor, a little goes a long way.
Also, since this herb grows quite tall up to 2 feet tall, it is best grown outdoors.
Furthermore, since dill is relatively easy to grow, it is a perfect addition to any beginner’s herb garden!
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Specifically, when growing herbs for beginners, it is probably easier to begin with started plants but you can also begin this new adventure from seeds.
Pick a sunny location either outdoor or on a sunny windowsill and have fun!
10. Complete Herb Garden from Seeds:
Here is a wonderful starter collection for direct seeding your new herb garden!
⇒Related Post on Dehydrating Herbs: How to Dry and Store Herbs
Best Potting Soil for Indoor Herbs
Above all, when growing herbs indoors, it is extremely important to have an excellent potting medium. We discuss five of the top potting soils for growing herbs indoors.
However, I am sure you will find a potting soil to suit your needs! Happy Growing!
That’s a Wrap on Growing Herbs for Beginners
In summary, growing herbs is simple, fun, and cheap. It can really enhance the flavor of your meals.
When you grow your own herbs, you can try different types to find your favorites.
With some patience and care, even beginners can succeed in herb gardening. So, why not start now?
If you want to grow herbs, check out the right potting soil in Top Potting Soils for Indoor Herbs.
