Building an Indoor Herb Garden – The Journey
The best way I find to get the fullest flavor when cooking is to use Fresh Herbs. So, I need to have a crop nearby to use, as I am normally disappointed with the ones I buy in the Supermarket.
The longer it is between picking the herb from the garden and you using it significantly impacts on the flavor.
So far, I have been growing some herbs on the veranda outside my kitchen, as well as some down the steps from there, where we have a washing line set up.
As its winter here in Sydney Australia, the plants are not too crash hot now, but in summer they can be good. I just use normal soil here.
However, my most success has been using a Hydroponics system I bought last year. the Basil is superb and the Lemon Grass has taken over everything!
What is this Blog all about I can hear you ask?
Believe it or not, I think its a pain to have to leave the kitchen to go and pick the fresh herbs I have growing outside – a bit of a character flaw I am afraid.
The perfect result for me would be to have an Indoor Herb Garden, ideally situated in the kitchen window, so, I just grab whatever fresh herb i need in my cooking there and then.
The solution may well be to go out and buy a commercially developed product that will do the job for me. I have thought about this, but have heard some bad reports on them, especially about one with a lamp system which may be a bit noisy. Another one is meant to be good but is not for sale down here.
Anyway, I thought, why not try to duplicate my success with the Hydroponics system outside and use it to build my very unique Indoor Herb Garden?
So, that is what the Indoor Herb Garden Challenge is all about.
In addition to keeping a journal of my efforts, this should help me to understand the internet better.
Despite the fact I am living in Sydney Australia, this should be useful worldwide as we all have indoors.
I imagine that some “experts” will say this is not going to work, but I am going to give it my BEST SHOT !
So, get behind me on this!
Tags: gardening, Growing Herbs, Herb Gardening, hydroponics, indoor garden, Indoor Herb Garden, Indoor Hydroponics, Kitchen Herb Garden, Windowsill Garden
 Print This Post
|