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RURAL LIVING
HERB GARDENS
NEED LITTLE CARE
Adding flavour to meals by
growing your own herbs is not only
inexpensive, but easy.
Generally, herbs grow best in full
sunlight, in a protected location, in
well -drained sandy -loam soil, and away
from competing plants.
High fertility is not necessary. In
fact., most herbs produce more of the
essential oils needed for flavour and
fragrance on Tess fertile soils. If you
wish to fertilize, at planting time
apply an organic compost such as well -
rotted manure to the soil. Also add a
superphosphate fertilizer at a rate of
0.5 kg per 10 m2, mixing it
thoroughly into the top 15 cm of soil.
After planting, herbs require only
minimum care. Often gardeners treat
their herbs too well and the herb gar-
den is not as successful as it could be.
Growing herbs require no fertilizer,
very little water, no spraying, and only
an occasional weeding.
To winter hardy perennial herbs,
mulch with straw to protect the roots.
Some tender perennials, such as rose-
mary, will not survive the winter out-
side. These plants should be dug up in
the fall and grown inside until spring.
The leaves and seeds of most herbs
contain the flavouring oils. Examples
of "leaf' herbs include mint, parsley,
savory, marjoram, basil, thyme, and
rosemary. "Seed" herbs include anise,
dill, caraway, coriander, and fennel.
Harvest leafy herbs just before or as
the flower buds open. Collect seed
herbs when the seeds are just ripe.
After harvest, dry seeds in almost
any warm, dry place. Dry leaves by
hanging bunches of cut stalks upside
down in a warm, dry, well -ventilated,
preferably dark room. When the leaves
are crisp, they can be finely ground
through a wire mesh, packed in dark
glass containers or air -tight tin cans,
and stored away from direct light.0
PLAN A SECOND
VEGETABLE HARVEST
Extend your supply of fresh garden
vegetables this summer by planting a
second crop of carrots, beets, beans,
and lettuce in late June for a late
August harvest.0