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Some of you may know I'm putting in a 20' diameter "English" herb garden. I've had the circle laid out for weeks, covered with landscape fabric to solarize the {@*!$^g St. Augustine grass. This weekend I took the fabric off and laid stepping stones for the paths to the center, edged part of it (the little hammer-in plastic edging -- sorry but it's cheap and easy and does control roots a bit), and tilled the whole thing. I'm taking pictures as I go along and would rather post them all at once for contrast.
I realized my sage was doing poorly because the pot it was in was badly cracked. Sometimes I'm a really bad mother. So I went ahead and put it in its place in the garden, and I hope it's not too hot to have transplanted the poor thing. But it was dying in that pot, so maybe I did right.
So I've got seeds for four different colors of echinacea/coneflower, and will plant the outer edge of each quarter with a different color. The question is, can I just direct sow, and can I do it this fall? Or should I set in seedlings? Or should I wait until spring? I'm thinking I'll sow some come late September, and make sure and mark which quadrant has which color, and then sow the rest of the seeds in spring. Sound like a sound plan?
The cutesy but crucial thing I'm doing is making markers for everything. At the craft stores they have stepping stone kits, with letters you press into concrete. I'm making a little "name stone" for each plant, using a variety of sizes. I made "rosemary" in the lid of a Breyer's Ice Cream container. Only needed a butter container for "sage" and "aloe." I'll post successes and mistakes as I make them!
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