Herb Gardens in Mississippi

It's easy to grow an herb garden in Mississippi.

Mississippi has a climate and soil that are conducive to growing an herb garden, although public herb gardens are not common, according to the University of Mississippi Extension website. You can easily start a garden with plants suited to Mississippi.

Benefits of Herb Gardens

Humans have grown herbs near their homes since prehistoric times. When you plant an herb garden, it becomes a carefree area where culinary and medicinal plants can grow. You can include herbs in a kitchen garden convenient to your house, along with tomatoes and other edibles.

Good Choices For Mississippi

Mississippi State University recommends these herbs as good performers: yarrow, dill, wormwood, calendula, cilantro, lemon grass, fennel, mint, lemon balm, bergamot, catnip, basil, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage, thyme and others.

Mississippi State University Herb Garden

Mississippi University for Women has a Culinary Arts Institute that undertook an extensive redesign and expansion project of its herb garden in 2010. Master gardeners from Lowndes County did extensive cleanup and added different varieties of existing herbs. They also developed a plan for keeping the garden watered, weeded and fertilized. Future plans include educational activities, which will be open to the public.

References

• Mississippi State University: Home Landscape in Mississippi
• Mississippi State University: MSU's Redesign of Herb Garden helps MUW's Culinary Program
• Mississippi State University: List of Herbs