Neighborhood Nourishment
Gardening: Growing Herbs Anywhere
Herbs are a great introduction to gardening: they'll grow easily, require little work and provide a generous harvest. Learn how to get started here!
To successfully grow herbs, you really only need one piece of advice: remember that herbs are weeds. They were growing wild in some part of the world, and some member of some ancient civilization (probably while clearing room to plant crops) was yanking them up by the roots when she stopped, sniffed and thought, "Hey: maybe I could use this." No, of course I don't have hard proof about that little re-dramatization. But I like to think it's true: it explains so well why herbs grow where very little else will, why they thrive on neglect, and why they make such a great choice for nervous novices in the garden. To begin, you need a place to grow. Most herbs prefer full sun, but are fine with partial shade; shade is fine, too, but they will …
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