Wednesday, 12 May 2010

Herb garden eye candy

Wanting to gently tame the front garden stop it being such a haven for bindweed.

Potential ideas/wishlist are:
  • Redo path... funds/time not available for this yet so it will have to wait
  • Remove paving slabs in main bed and replace with a smaller gravel border similar to the one in the image below
  • Dig! Redistrubute the grape hyacinth and lily of the valley which have taken over

Source... not sure where I found this one.

Then with all the minor landscaping done, the fun bit! Choose some new plants. The garden is south-west facing and sheltered. The focus is on kitchen herbs and we already have the usual suspects, i.e. basil, oregano, thyme, lavender, rosemary, mint, sage, etc. So thoughts are:
  • Lovage, tarragon, bergamot, borage, chamomile, chives, caraway, dill, coriander, marjoram, meadow sweet, hyssop, lemon balm... ummm is there room for all of them?
Also thinking that angelica, wild garlic, chervil, sweet cicely, and comfrey can go in the back, more shady garden.

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