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Nothing beats looking at a full grown garden. However, you still have to moderate your growing herb garden. Here are reasons why you need to know how to tame and handle developed gardens.

Reasons why you need to modify your garden

You have to trim your garden so you can maintain the design and style of your garden. Cottage gardens are still regularly trimmed.

Most perennials have expansive root growths. Though there may be enough space between the plants, the soil’s nutrients may still be absorbed by the perennials. Or your other plants may die.

Trimming your garden could be an advantage to you through minimizing costs for purchasing new plants. A full grown basil plant, that reaches up to eighteen inches can be divided to three new plants.

Some plants really need constant trimming to become healthier. This procedure will give plants the chance to regrow.

Basic techniques in taming your garden

Trimming or pruning is the most common process you would have to do for matured plants. You can do this by cutting off dried leaves, leggy stems or over expansive roots. Some herbs that need trimming are rosemary, varieties of mint, parsley and peonies.

You could replant and repot overgrown plants. Be sure that the divisions you made have each grown parts from roots to stem extensions and leaves. Do these activities during cool cloudy days. The roots of matured plants have gotten used to moist surroundings. Otherwise, place wet newspapers or any scrap paper on the roots of the plants to be replanted. Have the papers taken off gently so the roots will spread throughout the new soil.

Location switching is also good for balancing gardens. If you have much growth of indoor herbs, you could organize them to line outdoor garden beds. Indoor herbs that are medicinal or aromatic are also good for ornamentals.

Harvesting and drying or freezing could be your direct usage of thick herb leaf growths. You can start to harvest herb leaves after six weeks. When you have gathered enough leaves, you could prolong usage of those through drying or freezing. You can use Ziploc or paper bags with holes to store the dry leaves. Place them under direct sunlight. During the day, you can leave them out and they can be taken in during nights. When indoor drying, expose them to bright lights. Drying may take 3 to 4 days depending on the herb type. Dried leaves can last for about 10 days without preservatives. More flavors come out from the dried leaves due to humidity.

Freezing on the other hand is for very short-term use. Place the leaves in sealed containers and inside the freezer for one to three days. The frozen leaves will only last for three days as freezing them for a long time can wilt them.

Give out plants to other people. You can trade your abundant herb garden plants with the new herb plants you wanted to acquire.

To tame your growing herb garden could open up possibilities of expanding your garden and techniques as well.