If you’re looking for a way to freshen up your home, consider growing some plants and herbs. They’re easy to grow and can help make your home more beautiful. You can even make delicious meals with them.
Lavender
Lavender is a great plant to grow at home, especially if you are looking to add colour and fragrance to your garden. It’s also good for repelling bugs. You can use lavender as part of a tea blend or as an ingredient in homemade lotions, soaps and other products you make yourself. Lavender adds flavour to many foods including cookies, cakes and jams.
Thai Basil
Thai basil is a perennial plant that thrives in most climates and can be grown indoors or outdoors. It has a pungent taste, which makes it great for adding flavour to Asian dishes.
If you decide to grow Thai basil, look for plants with deep green leaves rather than lighter-coloured ones—the darker they are, the better they will taste. Thai basil may seem like an exotic plant, but it’s actually one of the easiest herbs to grow in your home garden.
Cilantro
Cilantro is a herb that you’ve probably heard of, but might not know much about. Many people use cilantro interchangeably with coriander, but they aren’t the same thing. Coriander is a spice and its leaves are used in cooking to add a citrusy flavour to dishes such as curries.
Cilantro, on the other hand, is a herb that has been used for thousands of years by cultures around the world. In Mexican and Asian cuisines it’s often paired with lime juice or vinegar for salads and salsas as well as soups or stews—it adds a freshness that makes these foods come alive.
Cilantro can help your body absorb iron from other foods because of its high concentration of lutein (a type of antioxidant). Iron deficiency has been linked to anaemia and low energy levels so including cilantro in your diet could be beneficial if this issue affects you.
It’s also easy enough to grow in your garden. All it requires is moist soil under direct sunlight during summer months (or indoors during colder seasons). If planted indoors make sure there’s plenty of light available every day so they don’t get leggy; otherwise they’ll grow tall stems but few leaves/flowers at the top which will eventually topple over due to lack of support – no good!
Mint
Mint is a perennial herb that can be grown both indoors and outdoors. Mint is easy to grow, so it’s the perfect plant to have around if you have kids or pets.
Mint is used in a variety of ways: cooking, teas, desserts and even cocktails. It’s also aesthetically pleasing because it adds colour and texture to your garden with its pretty leaves and fragrant blooms.
Dill
Dill is a cool-season herb used for its flavorful leaves. Dill’s feathery foliage adds a nice touch to salads, soups, and other dishes. As an annual or biennial plant, dill needs to be planted every year unless you’re lucky enough to have it reseed itself in your garden. Its tall stalks are covered in small flowers that produce little seed pods hanging at the tips of branches. These seeds can be harvested when they turn brown and dried out for later use.
If you want to grow dill from seedlings instead of seeds, it’s best to use sleepers for garden beds and buy them locally so that there will be no surprises about their hardiness zone requirements or differences between varieties.
Green Onions
You may have seen these little green onions in your supermarket, perhaps nestled in a bouquet with their white counterparts. They’re actually part of the onion family and are grown for their stems and leaves, not their bulbs.
Green onions can be eaten raw or cooked. Their mild flavour makes them an ideal addition to salads and other dishes that require an effortless taste boost.
Oregano
Oregano is a culinary herb that has a strong, pungent flavour. It is used in many Italian dishes and is often used in pizza and pasta dishes. Oregano can be added to sauces or marinades for meat, and it also makes an excellent seasoning for poultry or fish.
When drying oregano, you need to dry the leaves separately from stems and flowers because they have different uses. The leaves are typically used fresh while the stems and flowers can be dried separately to make strong-flavoured or milder-flavoured herbs respectively.
Kale
Kale is a leafy green vegetable that is highly nutritious. It contains many vitamins and minerals, such as vitamin A, vitamin C, folate and iron. Kale also has an impressive level of fibre content for a vegetable; one cup of kale contains about 8 grams of fibre. The high amount of iron in kale helps to build strong red blood cells which carry oxygen throughout the body.
The antioxidant properties in kale help reduce inflammation associated with many diseases such as cancer or arthritis. In addition to these benefits, kale also contains lots of other nutrients like omega-3 fatty acids (which are good fats), B vitamins such as niacin and riboflavin (which help maintain eyesight), potassium (good for heart health), calcium (helps build strong bones) along with phosphorus which helps regulate metabolism so you burn fat more efficiently while maintaining muscle mass. All these benefits make it easy to see why people have been eating this tasty green leafy vegetable since ancient times.
Parsley
Parsley is a great garnish for any meal. It is also a good source of iron, vitamin C and other vitamins and minerals. Parsley helps improve digestion and relieves indigestion, flatulence and menstrual cramps. Parsley is also believed to be effective in the treatment of kidney disorders such as urinary tract infection (UTI), and diuretic properties that help prevent water retention.
It strengthens the immune system which prevents colds and flu. It also treats arthritis pain due to its anti-inflammatory properties and reduces bad breath while improving your breath overall. Because it contains chlorophyll which cleanses your mouth by killing bacteria in your throat. All these properties make parsley one herb you cannot go wrong growing at home.
Plants and herbs are a great way to freshen up your home.
Plants and herbs are a great way to freshen up your home. They can help you relax, have fun, and get back in touch with nature. Plants can also help clean the air in your home by simply being there. They are good for the environment so that’s another bonus.
Plants can be used in cooking (think of basil on pizza), making tea or potpourri. Some plants also make beautiful arrangements for decorating your home as well as being functional additions to any space in need of some green living.
Conclusion
With so many great options to choose from, it’s easy to make your home garden one of the most enjoyable parts of your day. Whether it’s herbs for cooking or a few potted plants for decoration, giving yourself some greenery will instantly make your home more inviting and relaxing.
