Herb Garden
Posted: Sun 27 July, 2008 Filed under: Domestic, Green, Green Garden 2 Comments »Another day, another job at the house completed.
Why is it that we always pick the hottest days to do the hardest work? Today it’s been about carrying railway sleepers round to the back of the house, and screwing them together to make a raised bed for a herb garden for Herself. Get me, Mr Domestic.
It’ll be worth it, though – it looks good, and now we just need to plant all the herbs.
We’ve got chives, lemon verbena, thyme, mint, rosemary, catmint (should keep the animals away from the rest of it) and oregano for starters, so we’ll just see how they get on. Should be fine in their new home, I’m sure, and it’ll be good to see them all growing.
In case you don’t know (because it’s not too late to do it)…
Have you contained the mint and oregano in large pots before planting them? They’re both rampant spreaders and will quickly fill all available space and outcrowd everything else otherwise.
Mint is so bad that I now don’t even bother putting it in the main raised herb bed – I keep it in pots at the base.
We definitely did so with the mint- I learned from previous experiences with it – but don’t think we did with the oregano.
We’ll just have to keep it in check, won’t we? 🙂