Growing Herbs Indoors - Three Advantages

Growing herbs is a great way for beginners to break into gardening. Not only are herbs very easy to grow, but you can use your herbs in a variety of ways ranging from decoration to cooking to making teas. One of the biggest advantages of starting your gardening experience with herbs is that you can conveniently grow them indoors (unlike, say, growing stalks of corn). Growing herbs indoors actually has a few advantages to growing in a garden. You have a convenience in location and space, your herbs will be easily accessible, and you won't have to deal with difficult weather.

First of all, you have the convenience of location and space. If you're living in an apartment, or simply don't want to dig up a garden in the yard, growing herbs indoors is a great alternative. Also, you can easily move your herbs around as you wish as they'll usually be in pots or containers.

Growing herbs indoors is also convenient in terms of accessibility. You don't have to go outdoors into the sweltering heat every day to care for your herbs. Also, once your herbs begin to grow, you can harvest them easily and conveniently. Imagine cooking up a nice meal and simply cutting a few herbs fresh from the plant in the middle of all the cooking and preparation.

Finally, an indoor garden won't be susceptible to the variations in the whether. You won't need to stop watering because of a storm or do extra watering during a dry spell. You can conveniently follow the same routine in nurturing your herbs to grow. In fact, by growing herbs indoors you can even avoid the cold of the winter as well as start growing earlier in the spring, before the season begins.

As you can see, there are many advantages to growing herbs indoors. Indoor herb gardens are usually more convenient in terms of space needed, you can harvest conveniently, and you don't have to deal with disruptive weather. But although there are a few advantages, there are disadvantages as well. If you want to grow herbs indoors, you will need to make up for certain things that are lacking indoors such as sunlight (which is plentiful outside), water (the air is sometimes very dry indoors), and soil. But as long as you have these three bases covered, you'll be well on your way to having a flourishing indoor herb garden.