I have no sort of herb garden here at all
But, I plan to be working on it this year - last year was sort of our first summer here (moved august the previous year) and I was still building so much, I didn't have time for a garden much.
I have some bushel basket gourd seeds, some tea seeds, a few herb seeds, and I plan to have my sister bring me some starts from a bunch of her stuff (she's a master gardener - you should see her yard).
About all I planted last year was the failed veggie garden (gotten by either blossom end rot or the rabbits - plan to remedy both this year) and two rose climbers and a few shrubberies out front of the house.
I had tons of cukes last year, though
- I need to plant fewer of those this year. The lettuce came up ok, but the radishes were put in too late and bolted. I wasn't used to planting down here - up north you don't plant til late May - down here that's WAY too late for spring veggies. I never did get my corn planted last year, still have the seed. My onions didn't do so great, they were all pretty small.
With the nasty soil down here, I'm thinking containers might be a better way to go - or raised beds where I can control the soil better. Eventually I'll have a greenhouse, but it'll have to wait a couple years.
One of the folks on my way to town just put in a HUGE greenhouse - I am wondering if it's simply for their own use or if they plant to sell stuff
(maybe both)
They're still working on it, have the outer frame all up, with the plastic - they are working inside right now. I tell myself I wouldn't need one that big - but maybe I would
My neighbor that I sell eggs to always has a big organic garden, and last year we swapped eggs for veggies some - he had a lot of extras, was his first year with such a big garden, too - so he sort of overplanted
His previous year's garden was the size of my office here
he went MUCH bigger last year.
I want to put in a strawberry bed, and some other fruit - not sure what, I was thinking maybe some blueberry bushes out by the fencerow. I'd love an asparagus bed, too - that takes awhile, but I got time. Back up north I had heirloom rhubarb - not the stuff you can buy now (the small leaf stuff is all they sell nowadays) this stuff had been handed down through generations in my family. I had to leave that behind, too - I gave some to my sister, though, so I may get a plant or three back again when she splits it.
Just looking at what I wrote sounds awfully ambtitious
hope I got time for it all.
eta - last year, however, I did find a LOT of naturally growing stuff on our land that is great for herbals and the like, so it wasn't a total bust "herbage" wise.
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