If I buy my fresh Herbs at a Supermarket and use them in my cooking I am mostly disappointed with the quality and the result.
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.
I have had some great crops using the Hydroponics System I installed about 12 months ago. The Lemon Grass comes from a small pot I got as a gift and the basil is just excellent.
Why is he telling us all of this, you are probably asking?
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.
So, it struck me recently, how great it would be to just have them growing on the bench or in the kitchen window and I could have my very own indoor herb garden, where I just lean over and pick the herb I need to use and then it keeps growing and refreshing itself.
Well, easy you might say, just go out and buy one of those kits that you see advertised around the place, so, I did think about doing that and read some reviews etc. The one that is marketed mostly in Australia I wont mention brands at this point, it uses a lamp system and looks great on TV, but from reading some reviews, it may be a bit noisy, also, it is quite pricey. There is another one I see advertised in USA ——- which seems to be good, but doesn’t sell here as far as I know.
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?
That is what my Indoor Herb Garden Blog 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.
There are probably hundreds of reason why this wont work, but I’m going to give it a REAL GO !
So, get behind me on this!
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