The best tips and tricks for a rich harvest

Herbs with edible and decorative flowers

Especially among the annual and biennial herbs there are many types with flowers that are as decorative as they are tasty. Such are the pretty flowers of the Nasturtiums edible, and the closed flower buds can also be used as a substitute for capers. Also edible flowers have for example: dill, chervil, borage, clary sage, daisies, Marigold, Chamomile or spice tagetes.

Problematic parsley

Doesn't your new parsley plant want to develop properly, even though it grew so well in the same place last year? This is probably why it thrives so badly, because parsley is incompatible with itself. So you have to go for each new one sowing Change the location, as otherwise the plants will not emerge well due to stunted growth. By the way: the kitchen classic has a very long germination time, sometimes several weeks. In the field cultivation you can sow a few radishes as a marker in between, because this way the rows of seeds remain visible.

Basil belongs under the rain cover

In regions with high rainfall, basil should be taken under Plexiglass or glass roofs to cultivate or as a permanent culture in Cold frame. The sensitive plant receives sufficient light, but remains largely dry. If there is too much moisture, the basil wilt threatens.

Sage is the perfect companion for roses

The kitchen sage with its silver-gray foliage is an effective companion to roses in the border, as long as the plants are not set too densely and the sage specially emaciated soil in the planting hole receives. The numerous variegated varieties also go wonderfully with the “Queen of Flowers”: White variegated leaves perfectly complement white roses, yellow roses underline yellow roses tone on tone.

Thyme grows almost everywhere

Thyme is characterized by a fascinating will to survive even under the worst of conditions. The plants are so frugal that they can gain a foothold almost everywhere: in niches, cracks, joints, between paving stones, step plates and in stair joints. Creeping thyme species such as cascade thyme or sand thyme are very suitable for underplanting tall trunks, while green lemon thyme is also suitable in shadier places still thriving.

Cold-tolerated rosemary varieties

Rosemary is generally not considered to be winter hardy and already brushes the sails at temperatures as low as minus five degrees Celsius. Not so the variety 'Veitshöchheim' from the Bavarian State Research Institute, it can withstand temperatures down to minus 20 ° C. The 'Arp' and 'Hill Hardy' varieties are just as hardy.