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Hi! I bought a book yesterday on herb garden design... even though I already have too many books on herbs. This one is different because it talks about, and has pictures of, gardening with herbs that are more medicinal than culinary.
What sort of herb gardening do you do? Did you know that many flowers are considered herbs? Some of which are: peony, violets, yarrow, calendula, roses, nasturtium, monarda. If you grow these you are herb gardening :-)
I have a fairly small culinary herb garden (11'x11') - herbs don't take much room. My first was an old wheelbarrow that was rusting out on the bottom. It already had drainage, so it was perfect. I filled it with garden soil amended with some sand and fine gravel and grew hyssop, dill, lemon thyme, sage, oregano, rosemary, and chives. I set it on a patch of lawn in front of the house and it looked so cute! Those herbs grew, though, and so did my interest, and I quickly outgrew the wheelbarrow. I still have the original thyme, oregano, and chives and they even survived being transplanted out here at the farm.
In my garden I love weedy and wild things! I am currently in search of milk thistle and teasel to add to my collection of weedy type tall flowers. Thus expanding the berbs even more into the flowers and vegetables. They'll soon be all jumbled together!
Alison
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