Herbs

Just some ideas for a herb garden at home. And how I created my own little herb garden.

Herb Garden – Step 2 – Remove the grass

Posted by on Mar 13, 2006 in Herbs | 0 comments

Well, you will only need this step if you have grass in the area that you want to create your herb garden in. As you can see in my photos, I did. This section is probably the hardest/longest part of creating the herb garden, so if you don’t have to do this, lucky you. One thing I could recommend doing is searching for a Garden Service in your area. There are normally a lot of gardening services that would be willing to come out for a day to do a job in your garden when needed. Before we begin, what you will need for this section are some basic garden tools, namely a spade and a garden...

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Herb Garden – Step 1 – Mark out your area

Posted by on Mar 9, 2006 in Herbs | 0 comments

When building a herb garden, as with anything, you have to start off at the beginning. And, in this case, the beginning is: “Where should my herb garden grow?” - Remember, as I mentioned in my “Herb Garden in 24 hours” post, you will need to decide what type of herbs you would like to grow.- The next step is to decide where in your garden you would like herb garden feature to grow. You need to take into account whether there is a lot of sun in that area, whether the area is visible at all, etc… This herb garden can become a feature, so you might not want to...

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Herb Garden in 24 hours

Posted by on Mar 5, 2006 in Garden, Herbs | 3 comments

Want to know how to create a herb garden in 24 hours? Hopefully this series of articles will help you do this. Herbs are always a good thing to have in your garden. There are medicinal herbs, culinary herbs, and, of course, there are the spices. Sometimes it’s good to mix herbs and spice, especially if you enjoy that extra bit of flavour in your food… Some reasons for growing a herb garden are:For decoration – Herbs can also have some flowers that can add to the look of your garden For medicinal herbs – Natural medicine is something that is becoming quite popular at...

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