The best way I find to get the fullest flavor when cooking is to use Fresh Herbs. So, I need to have a crop nearby to use, as I am normally disappointed with the ones I buy in the Supermarket.
The longer it is between picking the herb from the garden and you using it significantly impacts on the flavor.
To date, I have been growing fresh herbs outside the back of my garage, down some steps from the deck outside the kitchen as well as some on the deck itself.
As its winter here in Sydney Australia, the plants are not too crash hot now, but in summer they can be good. I just use normal soil here.
By using a Hydroponics System I purchased a year ago, I have been getting great results, all the year round.
So, what is my Indoor Herb Garden Challenge about you would be asking yourself!
Believe it or not, I think its a pain to have to leave the kitchen to go and pick the fresh herbs I have growing outside - a bit of a character flaw I am afraid.
So, it struck me recently, how great it would be to just have them growing on the bench or in the kitchen window and I could have my very own indoor herb garden, where I just lean over and pick the herb I need to use and then it keeps growing and refreshing itself.
Well, easy you might say, just go out and buy one of those kits that you see advertised around the place, so, I did think about doing that and read some reviews etc. The one that is marketed mostly in Australia I wont mention brands at this point, it uses a lamp system and looks great on TV, but from reading some reviews, it may be a bit noisy, also, it is quite pricey. There is another one I see advertised in USA ------- which seems to be good, but doesn't sell here as far as I know.
Given the great results from my Hydroponics System, why not try to replicate this and use it to make my very own Indoor Herb Garden?
So, that is what the Indoor Herb Garden Challenge is all about.
I am also, trying to learn about the Internet, so, thought Id combine the two objectives and put up a Web Site dedicated to the Indoor Herb Garden Challenge and keep a diary of my attempts.
Despite the fact I am living in Sydney Australia, this should be useful worldwide as we all have indoors.
I am sure there will be lots of people saying I cant do it for a variety of valid scientific reasons, but as they say in Australia " Give It A Go You Mug !!!
So, get behind me on this!
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