How to Grow Chives

This herb is a perennial herb meaning you have the full benefit of enjoying chives every year. Chives are handy being that you can use any part of them within your cooking if you desire. 

Chives were mainly first used in China, although the Flavor of the Chinese chive is slightly different than the usual everyday Chive being that it has a slight garlic scent to it. However, in general, chives grow wild all over the world. This herb is not hard to please and can be grown in many different soils and also different levels of sunlight.

Growing Tips

Growing chives is a very simple process and can be done from seed or plant. They are best grown by separating the bulbs of existing plants and basically re-planting with a small distance (usually 10 inches) apart.

Indoors or Outdoors?

Chives are good in that they can be grown indoors and outdoors after a general germination. Make sure the soil they are grown in is moist and be sure not to over water. If you want you could start them in very small pots or cartons and when they sprout several inches, they can be moved to bigger pots or even moved to the outside.

There are many health benefits of eating Chives as they have many Vitamins including A and C as well as minerals. They also help out your garden landscape by keeping away bugs such as apple scab and plant lice.

Chives within recipes

Fresh chives go well with almost all dishes such as salads and meats. What most people know is that it is best friends with sour cream for the famous dip. They also go well with potatoes. Mix them with all salads or even add to sandwiches.