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Garden
This
This Month’s
Month’s Task
Task
Let’s
Let’sGet
GetGrowing
GrowingSouth
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Let’s
Let’s Grow
Grow Some
Some Herbs
Herbs
Having
Having herbs
herbs growing
growing ininyour
your window,
window, isis not
not only
onlycost
cost The
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andsmell
smellfantastic.
fantastic. For
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soil isis loose,
loose, your
your seed
seed may
may be
be pushed
pushed down
down too
too deep
deep
this
this month’s
month’s task,
task, you
you will
will be
be creating
creating aa beautiful
beautiful herb
herb when
whenyou youwater
waterit.it.
window
window garden,
garden, full
full of
of herbs
herbs that
that you
you cancan use
use for
for
marinades,
marinades,sauces,
sauces,rubs
rubsand
andmore.
more. Think
Think about
about aa plant
plant that
that goes
goes toto seed.
seed. Are
Are there
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garden fairies
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plantingthe
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onthe
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onHerbs
Herbs
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willfind
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minipots.
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or
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willbe
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yourherbs
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pots will
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grow youryour herbs,
herbs, but
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they
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big, they
they will
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outgrow the the pots.
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Let’s get
get some
some soil
soil
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longas
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Hopefully
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have herbs
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willgrow
growjust
justfine.
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leftover
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planting
planting your
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getatatleast
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sunlightfrom
fromthe the
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vegetables earlier
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timetotoplant
plantyour
yourherbs
herbsseeds
seedsinto
intoyour
yourpots.
pots. In
Inthe
thesummer,
summer,outside
outsideyour
yourherbs
herbswill
willflourish
flourishininthe
the
morning
morningsun,
sun,but
butwill
willlook
looksparse
sparseand
andsadsadininthe
thehot
hot
After
Afteryou
youfill
fillup
upthe
thepots
potswith
withsoil,
soil,pat
patthe
thesoil
soildown.
down. afternoon
afternoonsun.
sun.You
Youwill
willbebeamazed
amazedatathow
howquickly
quicklyyour
your
sad
sadlooking
lookingherbs
herbswill
willjump
jumpback
backtotolife,
life,by
bysimply
simply
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There is a little bit of science to why the mid-afternoon Happy Gardening, Sal
sun is so hot. The rays of the morning and late afternoon
sun are coming through our atmosphere at an angle. The
closer the sun is to the horizons, the more atmosphere
that the rays must pass through which causes some of the
sun's heat to be filtered out. This causes the rays to lose
some of its intensity.

The mid-afternoon sun rays pass through much less

atmosphere, so we are getting more of a direct, less
filtered hit.

In the late afternoon, the rays are not as hot, however the
midafternoon rays have already heated the earth, so you
are getting a double whammy. Overnight, the earth cools,
so you have less heat in the morning from the earth, and
also from the sun.

Your goal in the summertime is less heat, but your goal

in the winter is more heat, so do the opposite. Let your
herbs get the afternoon and late evening sun in the winter
to make them happy campers. Bring your herbs in if it is
going to freeze, except for your mints. You can hardly
kill mint.

A few other tips... Less is more with your herbs. Let

them slightly dry out between watering. They also don't
need much, if any fertilizer.

Harvesting

Harvest your herbs as you need them. As long as you

don’t pull the whole root up, your plant will continue to
flourish. Use scissors to snip what you need.

You can dry them or use them freshly picked, and you
can also freeze them.

Use a spray bottle to keep your seedlings wet until they

germinate.

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