25+ Creative Herb Garden Ideas for Indoors and Outdoors

House Design – Indoor Garden – Some people may do not have outdoor space available to create a home garden, such as people that live in an apartment; or they just simply do not have enough time to maintaining a large space outdoor garden because their daily routine. Additionally, the condition of the neighbor may not be ideal and it will be hard to create a healthy outdoor garden. If you have problems as mentioned but also have a small garden as a place where you can relax and relieve fatigue of your daily routine is your dream, an indoor garden can be a clever solution. In this article, Rina Watt will give you some tips to make the project going:

INDOOR GARDEN – TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AN EMPTY SPOT IN YOUR HOME

One of good thing about creating an indoor garden is that it can thrive as much or as small space as you willing to spare to make it happen. Devote a small table or a sole windowsill and you get yourself enough space to get started. Shelves can be an excellent option because they are taking up vertical space for effective space manner and they also offer a lot of rooms to grow your plants.

Light is next thing you need to consider because it is important to get a healthy indoors procedure. Every gardening expert would not argue that in order for healthy plants to grow, they need adequate light. Making your indoor garden and placing your plants near a window sounds like a solution for this problem, but be careful during winter season your plants may not get enough light to grow. What you can do to solve this problem is purchase some grow light, but be careful in choosing and deciding the right product to ensure your plants get the best care.

Make sure your plants get adequate temperature, anywhere between 60-75 Fahrenheit degrees is good for most plants. Approximately 5 degrees variance either way is allowed but you need to know the downsides, the plants that grown in too hot temperatures will likely be weak or have smaller size whilst plants that grown at cold temperatures may have the leaves falling off.

Higher humidity is great, plants need humid air to grow well and this is another important thing you need to consider when planning an indoor garden. This may be very challenging during the winter season when you need your heating on. When you see your plants look withered and puckered or your indoor garden plants leaves are brown then it is the time for you to do a small effort to fix this issue. There are few ways to solve this problem; if you have a budget you can get a humidifier as a solution and it works great for most indoor garden plants; another way is you need to mist your indoor garden plants daily or more if needed. Placing a tray of water, heating it up and let it evaporate is another good method to increase the humidity or simply group your indoor garden plants together in order to create a micro-environment and get higher humidity.

Choose a good soil for your plants is another important things you need to consider for your indoor garden plants, in a previous houzdsign article have discussed and give some tips to make your own soil, read how to save money in your home and garden; or you can purchase a mix that is loose enough to drain and contains organic matter to retain moisture and nutrients at the same time.

Growing an indoor garden in your home may take some time and effort, but sometimes this is the best option. Make sure that you have taken all the important factors mentioned into consideration and then go for it and see the good result soon enough.