Thursday, June 5, 2014

Aromatic plants: decorate, refresh and spice your dishes

An all in one combo is offering aromatic plants: good smell, seasoning food, health and beauty for home. There is a wide variety and can be almost anywhere, because they grow in a pot, in addition to requiring very simple care. Aromatic plants are those whose stem or leaves give off a strong and intense odor.


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Aromatic plants: decorate, refresh and spice your dishes


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For years they have been used to make fragrances, to flavor dishes and for making remedies. Depending on their characteristics and care, you can be in various parts of the house.


Some, such as lemon thyme or lavender with small lilac flowers, can be a perfect centerpiece. slatted The planters are perfect for gathering several small pots and keep them on hand in the kitchen to make them fresh and use them when cooking. They do combinations like mint with mint, cilantro with parsley, rosemary, oregano or lavender with lavender cotton.


An idea that has given people Bricor, specializing in home belonging to “El Corte Ingles” store, you will take home a basket with herbs aromatic, a whole cocktail of fragrances that can be moved to decorate the space you want. MAKE endure Fernando Cuesta, Head of Garden Store Bricor Xanadu in Madrid, explained that these plants have several classifications. “As for use, are grouped into three: aromatic, culinary and medicinal.


If there are two groups of care. Woody and herbaceous “The best plants to take home depend on the space you have, explains.’In a small apartment, you can not miss the potted mint, rosemary or thyme; if you have a home garden can try to have a small garden or rockery where you meet them all. ” Care Classification for care becomes more important when you are already decided to buy some plants, highlights the expert, “because just about what you want to have, but what can be kept” Thus, within woody, rosemary, thyme, sage, oregano, marjoram, lavender cotton, chamomile, bay meets, among others.


They need good orientation sun and little water to live, so they should be watered “two or three times a week and pay them every six months, preferably in spring and autumn. Advised cutting the sides because that makes it go renewing the plant,” said the expert. Regarding herbaceous, here are mint, peppermint, basil, parsley, cilantro, chives, epazote and papalo.


Although plants are easy care, it is important to follow the advice to not die. Specialist suggests “them into a hidden place of the sun and protect more of the elements. should water every day, but it is important to observe because it is poorly tolerated that they over water because waterlogged and die. It’s important to pay them every six months, preferably in the spring and fall. “Tricks irrigation Ideal for watering plants time is early morning or dusk, when the sun never because it can hurt the roots Cuesta indicates that a trick to know if you are properly watering plants leaves is observed: “If they are uniformly green, all is well, turn yellow if there is excess water and, if they become brown and lose flexibility, they lack irrigation, “qualifies the expert.


Obviously when you take some leaves or stems of these herbs to make teas, mojitos, dressings, salads, or what is feel like it, do not forget to carefully and preferably with scissors, making sure that the plant is not abused. If a bunch, which is a bud above the soil so that the plant can continue to develop cut.


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