Saturday, September 25, 2010

Everyone needs a Spaghetti Garden

James Ellison One of the joys of life are wonderful herbs. Besides adding beauty to your garden, make food taste better and provide a pleasant scent in the air. In George Washington days everyone has a garden of herbs that are used for cooking, tea and medicinal purposes. This practice is slowly returning.

Spaghetti garden is one of the most popular kitchen gardens. Who has a patch of sun to the earth or a window box can grow these plants, parsley, garlic, bay leaf, basil and oregano. A small garden space can easily produce all the herbs that you need a delicious Italian dishes. They are easy to grow in a sunny window, is used throughout the year.

Let's take a closer herb garden spaghetti:

+ Oregano is a perennial ground cover. Oregano is a prolific producer that can send the shoots that grow to two meters in a season. If you cut and tablecloths, oregano can become a small plant border. He preferred the light, the fine earth and sun, so stay on the south side of your garden. When the plants reach 5.4 inches of the harvest can begin. Tighten the upper third of the plant, just above a leaf intersection. Young leaves are actually stronger than fresh and dry are the tastiest part of the plant. To dry, place sheets of newspaper or a display of sun-dried until the leaves crumble easily. It will keep its flavor for several months.

+ Bay leaves add a hint of a positive spicy stews, soups and spaghetti sauce. Bearing Tree is a small tree that grows about a foot a year, making it suitable for growing container. If you live in an area of temperate climate, keeping the shell on the outside, but if the temperature falls below 25 degrees to maintain tree pot and bring it indoors during winter.

+ Basil seeds itself so easily that it never need to buy a second plant after the first year. There are a variety of basil, but all are growing rapidly and require frequent pinching back to keep growing tall and leggy. When the plants reached about 6-8 inches long, you can begin harvesting. Pinch to 1 / 3 Journal of the plant above the intersection. Pinch off the flower buds off the first seed. Six to eight plants of basil enough, the whole neighborhood.

+ Garlic is probably the easiest plants to grow. Divide a clove of garlic, cloves and plant about four inches, 03:58 inches deep in light soil. light water and watch them grow. You can take advice when leaves turn brown, but do not let them grow. Just dig up the bulbs, and use. To maintain a fresh supply to one or two cloves from each bulb and replant.

+ Parsley is probably the most widely used plant in the world. You will find two types of flat (Italian) and curly. They complement the taste of everything from sauces to hearty stews. It is used as a garnish on plates, or pieces and add them to soups, sauces and salads. Parsley adds vitamins and color, and to enhance the flavor of other ingredients in the bowl. Parsley is a biennial, flowering in its second season. He prefers a little shade on a hot sunny day, and should be kept watered to avoid wilting and drying. Squeeze the oldest stems to the base so that new leaves and branches to develop.

Grow your own tomatoes and you're on your way to becoming an Italian chef.

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