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🗓️ 13 May 2025
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Herbs are some of the easiest — and most rewarding — plants you can grow, but getting started can bring up a lot of questions. Where should you plant them? Should you start from seed or buy transplants? Which ones will keep growing year after year? In today’s episode, I’ll walk you through the five easiest herbs for beginners and help you plan where and how to grow them successfully. Plus, I’ll share some tips to avoid common herb-growing mistakes.
In this episode:
My top 5 easiest herbs to grow: basil, parsley, thyme, oregano, and chives 🌿
Where to plant herbs: containers, raised beds, or ground beds
When to start herbs from seed and when to buy transplants
Tips for maximizing your herb harvest
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0:00.0 | Hey there, before we get started, I wanted to let you know that this week only, we are having a sale on my mini course, |
0:06.2 | The Beginners Guide to Growing Herbs. Regularly $29, you can learn how to grow 11 kitchen herbs from start to finish for only $19 for one week. |
0:17.8 | You can watch it at your convenience. Go to journey with Jill.net slash herb workshop to learn more |
0:24.6 | about this mini course and to get this discount through May 20th. If you want to grow herbs, this is the |
0:30.4 | mini course that you can go through quickly and learn how to do it right in your garden. This episode is |
0:35.3 | brought to you in part by Garden in Minutes. Whether you're |
0:38.3 | growing veggies, flowers, or herbs like basil and parsley that we'll talk about today, Garden |
0:43.7 | and Minutes makes watering so simple with their garden grid. No more uneven watering or struggling |
0:49.7 | plants, just healthy, thriving herbs and veggies every time. |
1:00.4 | Visit journey with gill.net slash garden in minutes and use my code Jill for 7% off. |
1:03.5 | Simplify your garden and watch it produce more. |
1:08.8 | You may have heard that herbs are some of the easiest edible plants you can grow. |
1:13.6 | And I'd say that is true. They're also incredibly rewarding, |
1:19.2 | enjoyable, and have the potential to save you the most money on groceries ounce for ounce. |
1:25.6 | So why aren't herbs in everyone's gardens? Well, after having conversations with many beginning gardeners, most of these in person with people I know or have just met, |
1:30.6 | I have learned that while herbs are easy to grow, they aren't always easy to get started. |
1:37.8 | In other words, beginners have questions like, where should I plant them in a container? |
1:42.7 | If so, what size? |
1:44.1 | What about my garden bed? Should I start from |
1:46.7 | seed or buy transplants? Also, I found that many beginners don't know which herbs will last only one season |
1:54.1 | and which will live for years to come. And knowing the answer to that question helped dictate also |
2:00.0 | where you grow a particular herb. |
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