Growing and Harvesting Dill
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Article by: Jacqueline Carroll Dill is one of the easiest herbs , Mulch Your Spring Bulbs In The Fall For A Beautiful Spring Display to grow , Sunflowers and would make a great first herb , Halfway Through Summer - Are We Having Fun Yet for someone who has never grown herbs , A Couple of Good Places to Buy Lawnmowers before. You'll find lots of uses for both the fronds and the seeds , Using Bulbs in Your Landscaping in the kitchen. , Abatement Considerations and Common Sense A sprig of dill will perk up almost any soup, salad, , Water Ponds and Wildlife - How To Attract More Animals to Your Backyard or main dish. 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After the first sowing, plant , Wild Flower Garden - Yours to Design and Plan again every 10 days or so for a continuous crop. When growing , Getting Up to Speed with Landscape Lighting! in containers, use a deep container to accommodate the long roots, , Insect Spray Warnings and Healthy Alternatives and remember that you will eventually have a plant , A Couple of Good Places to Buy Lawnmowers that is three feet tall. Plants , Low Maintenance Teak Furniture grown in containers may require staking. Cultivation - Here are a few suggestions to start you on your way to a healthy , Planting Trees and Shrubs crop of dill: - Dill, like most herbs, , Some Favorite Garden Bulbs loves to bask in the sun, , The Truth About Geraniums but will tolerate afternoon shade. - Dill grows , Teak Patio Furniture up to 3 feet tall, so plant , Worm Composting Bin it in the back of your flower, , Insect Spray Warnings and Healthy Alternatives vegetable , Teak Outdoor Furniture - Where Function Meets Beauty or herb garden. , Don't Forget the Birds this Winter - Sow seeds , Fountains: A Garden's Best Friend close together. This will allow the plants, , The MorrowPond Garden - Soil Management which blow over easily to support each other. - Cover the seeds , Planting Trees and Shrubs lightly, and allow a week or two for them to germinate. - For a continuous crop, sow repeatedly from mid spring , Types Of Orchids to early summer. , Landscaping Tips: What Mulch to Use for Trees - Don't plant , Patio Swings Spruce Up Your Outdoor Space with Comfort and Style near caraway, fennel or angelica. - Caterpillars are fond of dill, and can be handpicked if they become a nuisance. Harvesting and Preserving The best way to use dill is fresh from the garden, , Low Maintenance Teak Furniture so during the growing season, , Winterizing Your Pond cut your dill to use fresh as you need it. If not kept cut, your dill will go to seed, , An Introduction To Palm Trees so cut often until you are ready to switch to seed , Don't Forget the Birds this Winter production. If you find that you have cut more than you can use, dry the excess in the microwave. Spread the dill in a single layer on a paper towel and microwave on high for 3 minutes. The result is beautiful , Landscaping Tips: What Mulch to Use for Trees and tasty - much better than dried dill you buy in the grocery store. After microwaving, remove and discard the hard stems, crumble the leaves, and store in an airtight container protected from light. , Fountains: A Garden's Best Friend Once seedheads begin to form, it's time to stop cutting dill for fresh use. Allow the seedheads to develop and dry completely, then cut them. You'll be able to remove the seeds , Patio Heaters: A Way To A Comfortable Outdoor Gatherings easily with your fingers. Medicinal Uses: To brew a stomach-soothing tea, use two teaspoons of mashed seeds , Creating Cutting Gardens per cup of boiling water. , Low Maintenance Teak Furniture Steep for ten minutes. Drink up to three cups a day. In a tincture, take 1/2 to 1 teaspoon up to three times a day. To treat colic or gas , How to Kill Poinsettia in children under two, give small amounts of a weak tea. Many herbalists recommend combining dill and fennel to ease colic in infants.` Culinary Uses The taste of dill leaves resembles that of caraway, while the seeds , Fountains: A Garden's Best Friend are pungent and aromatic. Freshly cut, chopped leaves enhance the flavor of dips, herb , Backpack Blowers butter, soups, salads, , Improve Garden Soil with Cover Crops fish , How to Kill Poinsettia dishes, and salads. , Trees The seeds , Forcing Bulbs for Indoor Bloom: Even 'Brownthumbers' Can Do It are used in pickling and can also improve the taste of roasts, stews and vegetables. , Don't Forget the Birds this Winter Try grinding the seeds , Halfway Through Summer - Are We Having Fun Yet to use as a salt substitute. Both the flowering , Backpack Blowers heads and seeds , Halfway Through Summer - Are We Having Fun Yet are used in flavored vinegars and oils.Jackie Carroll is the editor of GardenGuides.com, a leading internet , Insect Spray Warnings and Healthy Alternatives destination for gardeners, and GardenGuidesKids.com. http://www.gardenguides.com http://www.gardenguideskids.com |
  
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