| Starting Your Indoor Herb Garden By Peter B Moore First find the appropriate containers for location. I prefer something at least 20 inches in diameter. Search for my article designing your indoor garden for a few ideas on different types of containers you can use. Make sure your container can fit in a location that will be able to get at least 5 five hours of direct sun light a day. You can also you use a fluorescent grow light to supplement the necessary light for your garden. You pick these up at many home improvement stores now. Pick herbs that are easy to grow for your first run. Rosemary, thyme, parsley, basil and oregano are great for a beginner and should give you plenty to choose from to help with your cooking. Now fill the container of your choice with soil, about 2/3 of the way before you add your plant and then cover in the rest. If starting from seed fill the container to the top and place the seed about and inch to two inches below the surface and water lightly. For a transplant water the soil thoroughly for the first time. Don't over water though, there should not be an over run of water sitting in the saucer beneath your container. To tell when to water further stick your finger in the soil once inch deep and if it is dry then it is time to water. After a month or so you will start to get a feel for when your garden needs watering. Do not worry about over fertilizing your plants, a light feeding of fertilizer once a month will be plenty for your indoor herb garden. It should only take about a month for the herbs to be ready to use in your kitchen. You can always trim the plants back to fit in your location once they get growing. Just remember to leave a few leaves so that the herbs will keep absorbing sun light. Try cutting down your herbs for harvest just before flowering as this is when they are at their peak flavor. I prefer air drying my herbs and storing them in a glass jar. I have noticed that the longer you can let them sit in the jar with giving fresh air everyday the more the flavor will pronounced. Remember keep it simple. These plants for as long as man has been recording have been growing by themselves in the wild. Take is easy remember to water them when their dry and give them light and you will have a garden to call your own. A quick an easy tip from http://www.southfloridagardening.co.cc/wordpress/ Article Source: EzineArticles.com |
| The Fixit Press |
| Volume 02 Issue 01 |
| MONTHLY NEWSLETTER |
| January, 2009 |
The Teacher's Corner
| Here are some good ideas for taking care of paint brushes. A decent paint brush will last almost forever if you take decent care of it, so try these ideas: If you're using latex paint, clean the brush out completely with soap and water, making sure there is no color sunning out when you hold the brush bristles up under running water. After the brush is clean, spin it over the sink between your two hands. Spin it fast enough to dry it out. Store your brushes in the keepers they came in, this will maintain their shape and keep the bristles straight. |
Monthly How-To Tip
| Removing old tub drain stoppers (lever type) One of the biggest plumbing nightmares on the planet! I love these :-) Getting them out is an exercise in patience. First disconnect the stopper from the linkage, its usually a hook on or threaded affair, then remove the cover plate with the lever in it. You will be pulling the linkage out through the tub overflow by going up and out and wiggling it. Some times you can get it done in about ten minutes, sometimes it takes an hour...depending on how messed up it is. Once you have it out, throw it in the recycle bin, because the old ones are solid brass and worth about .15 if you save these metals. You can run one of those hand operated snakes through the tub drain now by going through the over flow cover. Once you have a free flowing drain, I would recommend replace the shoe trim: the chrome at the bottom of the tub, with one which uses a push pull stopper. You will also need a new over flow cover, which has a two screw mounting pattern. All of these parts are available at any hardware or home improvement center. Just take the old shoe trim with you, because there are two sizes and two thread patterns. Noah |
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