All gardeners are challenged because they have to decide which herbs they want. The assortment of herbs is immense. Do you want your herb garden plants to use in cooking, or for fragrance, or for tea, and the choices continues? Next, to add to your choice of starting an herb garden is where are you going to put it in your yard, patios or inside the home? An herb garden for beginners seems ominous, but it is not. Just take one-step at a time.

Since I enjoy cooking, my herbs are for my culinary needs. I take old recipes and modify them with new herbs. A good place to start choosing which herbs you want to grow is to look at your spices and look at the herbs on the store shelf.

Bold flavored herbs are garlic, winter savory, rosemary, and sage. If you like light flavors grow mellow basil, dill, sweet marjoram and thyme. Herbs good for blending are chives, parsley and summer savory. I chose Italian herbs that include, parsley, sage, thyme, basil and of course oregano.

If you want to start an aromatic garden then look for lavender, rose geranium and lemon balm. These herbs will a fresh smell to any garden. You can use them in a mixture oil or vinegar, or you can dry them or use them fresh from the garden. If you plant these outside, not only will you enjoy the fragrances, but your guest will enjoy them, also.

If you are starting garden for tea, consider mint, ginger and anise. These herbs are wonderful by themselves or seeped with your favorite tea.

This is a small list of herb garden plants [http://www.growingherbsyourself.com/italian-herb-garden/] for you to try. Your herb garden depends on you goals with an endless choice of herbs.

Glenna Branham is a home herb garden enthusiast. She uses fresh herbs to enhance her recipes. She experiments frequently with new flavors in different recipes. Did you know you can sweeten a recipe by adding fennel? Her growing fresh herbs website is [http://www.GrowingHerbsYourself.com].

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