Windowsill Herb Garden
This is the second article in a
series on growing herbs. Garden
ersfind growing fresh herbs a rite
of spring.
BoUnically, an herb is a seed
plant. Herbs do not produce
woody stems, but live long
enough to develop flowers and
seeds. Gardeners grow herbs to
use in cooking, scenting, decorat
ing and making medicines. The
Brooklyn Botanical Garden
“Handbook on Herbs” lists 73 dif
ferent types of herbs, some of
which are used in several ways.
As your interest and needs in-
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crease, you can add variety to this
list.
Easy to grow annuals herbs in
clude inise, basil, chervil, cori
ander, dill and summer savory. Bi
ennials include caraway and pars
ley. Perennials include chives,
fennel, lovage, marjoram, mint,
tarragon, thyme and winter sa
vory.
Strong herbs include winter sa
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strong enough for accent include
sweet basil, dill, mint, sweet mar
joram, tarragon and thyme. Herbs
for blending include chives, pars
ley and sweet savory.
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The garden toil used for herbs
does not have to be especially fer
tile. Use little or no fertiliser at
planting. Several bushels of peat
or compost for each 100 square
feet of garden supplies most herbs
needs. Heavily fertilized soil gen
erally tends to produce excess
foliage low in hob flavor. Only
foliage herbs like chives, parsley
and basil can be fertilized lightly.
Drainage is the single most im
portant factor in growing an herb
garden. None of the hobs listed
above will grow in wet soils. If the
garden area is poorly drained the
soil wUI have to be modified for
any chance of success.
To improve drainage, remove
the soU to a depth of 18 inches.
Place a 3-inch layer of crushed
stone or similar material on the
bottom of the excavated site. Be
fore the soil is returned to the bed
area, mix sand and some compost
with it to lighten the texture.
Check the drainage of your soil
by first filling a container. Make a
drain hole in the bottom, and ob
serve how fast water passes
through the column of soil in the
can. After making drainage im
provements. refill the beds. Fill
the area higher than the original
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soil line to allow for settling.
If your soil is too wet to work
this spring, be patient Working
wet soil can destroy the soil for
many years. SoU in good condi
tion is called “friable.” Friable soil
is loose-textured and composed of
many well-defined particles with
plenty of pore space between
them. Think of a bowl of popped
com each popped kernel rep
resents a soil particle and the
spaces between are pore spaces.
When wet soil is worked, the
soil solution (the water in soil par
ticles) allows the mineral fractions
of sand, silt and clay to slide or run
together, destroying pore spaces
between particles. Actually, the
particles collapse, producing ma
terial similar to what you’d have if
you tolled each kernel of popped
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Spring Homemakers’ Day
HUNTERDON, NJ.—Rutgers
Cooperative Extension Home
Economics advisory counsel will
be sponsoring its S3rd Annual
Spring Homemakers Day. It will
be held on Wednesday, April 17
from 9:30-2:30 at Razberry’s,
Route 12, Flemington.
Guest speakers for the day will
be Daryl Minch, family and con
sumer sciences educator from
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of
Ilf
You can tell if your toil is too
wet to work by forming a boll in
your hand. If the roil sticks to your
fingers, it is probably too wet If,
however, die boll of soil holds to
gether when released, but falls
sport when you gently tap it with
your finger, it is friable, has a
good mix of soil, moisture and air;
and is ready to be worked.
Damaged soil structure is slow
to recover. It takes a number of
seasons to separate the mineral
fractions again and increase the
pore spaces. If your soil structure
is poor, incorporate organic matter
and add limestone according to
soil test results. It is far easier to
keep your soil in good condition
than it is to rebuild it. So be extra
careful this spring and don’t woik
your soil when it is too wet
Somerset County. Ms. Minch will
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historian, will speak on “Architec
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The fee is $l5, which includes
buffet luncheon, with checks
made out to the “Home Ec Advis
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For more information, please call
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