How to successfully grow dill in your garden

I love the aroma and feathery leaves on a dill plant (I also enjoy cooking with dill). First introduced to dill by a friend who prepared a salad and garnished the salad with fresh dill. It was such an amazing taste and became one of my favorite herbs. Keep reading to learn how to grow dill in your garden.

There are three key ways that dill can be used: dill seed, dill weed, and dill oil. Most home growers will use the dill weed and the dill seed. The most popular use of dill is making dill pickles using the dill seed and/or weed. In the ‘Harvesting and Storage’ section below, I describe my favorite uses of dill.

Dill has beautiful ferny, blue–green leaves, is an annual (sometimes biennial) and is very aromatic. It grows upright on tall hallow stems and is one of the tallest herbs in my garden, reaching ~three-five feet in height (1.2 meters). Because of its height, dill can become spindly and should be supported by a stake. At the top of the stem, dill produces umbrella-like heads of yellow flowers. It’s a good plant to grow in your garden because dill attracts beneficial insects.

Dill known as a remedy for indigestion also encourages sleep if taken at bedtime.