A simple, practical guide to starting and growing your own herbs at home.
 
Growing herbs is one of the easiest ways to begin growing your own food—and you don't need a large garden to get started.
 
Grow Your Own: Herb Garden is a beginner-friendly digital guide from Wendland Family Farm designed to help you confidently grow four kitchen garden favorites: basil, parsley, cilantro, and dill.
 
Created from real growing experience on our Iowa farm, this guide walks you through the process from starting your seeds through transplanting, growing, and harvesting.
 
Whether you're planting your first herb garden, adding a few herbs to your vegetable beds, or growing them in containers at home, this guide gives you the practical information you need without making gardening feel complicated.
 
Inside the Guide - You'll learn about:
Starting basil, parsley, cilantro, and dill from seed
Germination timing for each herb
Light and watering needs
Seedling care
Hardening off your plants
When to transplant outdoors
Proper plant spacing
Growing and harvesting tips
Simple companion planting and beneficial-insect tips
 
The guide includes Zone 6A timing, including starting seeds indoors in March–April and transplanting after the danger of frost, along with individual germination and spacing information for all four herbs.
 
The Herbs
Basil • Parsley • Cilantro • Dill
Four versatile herbs that can take you from seed starting to fresh summer harvests.
 
Perfect For
Beginning gardeners • home gardeners • container gardeners • families learning to grow food • anyone wanting to start a simple kitchen herb garden
 
Digital Product Details
3-page digital guide
Instant access after purchase
Designed for home gardeners
Created by Wendland Family Farm
Based on our Zone 6A growing experience
 
This is a digital product. No physical item will be shipped.
 
From Our Garden to Yours
You don't need acres of land or years of gardening experience to grow something of your own.
 
Sometimes it starts with four little packets of seeds, a sunny spot, and the confidence to begin.
 
We created this guide to make that beginning simple—to share some of what we've learned growing herbs here on the farm and help you take those first seeds all the way to harvest.
 
Plan with intention. Grow with confidence.