Well, it’s that time of year again. The garden is in harvesting mode. How to keep up with it all can be quite an ordeal. Having a big freezer helps. We have been able to put all of our berries for jelly making in the freezer for the time being. We will get to those later.
Waiting for the pickles has been starting out a little slow so any that are going soft in the fridge are getting made into bread and butter pickles. Those are going to be soft anyway. When we get a better harvest we will make our dill pickles.
It looks like we didn’t plant enough peas this year so we have been picking and eating them right out of the garden. You can’t beat the taste of fresh peas.
We planted a little late this year so our corn is just starting to come along. The scarecrows are keeping the crows away but it is getting time to put the dog hair (left over from grooming) down around the garden to keep the opossum and raccoons out.
This is a first time trying this so I hope it works.
Our tomatoes have been beautiful this year. I’ve had to really keep up with pinching the side shoots. We have a lot of green tomatoes getting ready to turn. I am ready though. All my jars, lids, and bands are clean and ready to go. We are making tomato sauce and salsa this year. I hope we planted enough. I tried a new tomato plant this year called “Juliet”. It is on the same lines as the “Roma” tomato. I thought that was kind of cute so bought two of each. The Juliet plant has far surpassed the Roma plant. I am very thrilled with it. It also produces a bunch of tomatoes. So far I have been getting 6-8 tomatoes in each group (per stem).
Because of our late start, our cucumbers, zucchini and pumpkins have been extremely slow in getting started.
Hopefully in the next week we will finally get a bit of harvest from the cukes and zucchini.
Happy Gardening!
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Basil, thyme, rosemary, cinnamon! Lovely plants aren’t they? Lush green and look excellent when kept in potted plants. And so useful! Just imagine…you’re cooking and suddenly you run out of curry leaves. Instead of running to the nearest grocery shop, just hop into your own herb garden and pluck out a few leaves and there you go! A lifetime’s supply of taste-giving, medicinal herbs and oxygen too! The pride of your yard indeed. Everyone is looking for the perfect herb garden design plans!
Of course, growing a wide array of such herbs, native of their own climates and soil compositions is not going to be easy. Each herb is used to its own ecosystem and creating herb garden designs in one-size-fits-all is not very easy. So how to layout a herb garden?
Herb Garden Design Plans
The Preliminaries
Firstly, you have to decide which herbs you want in your garden.
Herbs are plenty and will vary with your needs. For example, if you have a particular chronic health problem, it will make sense to grow a herb that will help alleviate the illness. Similarly, it is no good growing parsley if you are not going to use it in any of your dishes! So first decide on the use and utility of each herb that you’re planning to grow. Also consider your local climatic conditions. Herbs are pretty delicate plants so plant them only if you think that the necessary weather conditions are suitable for them.
Herb Garden Designs
You can choose one or a combination of the below given herb garden design plans based on the herbs you are planning to plant. Each of these types has its own advantages and disadvantages. So try to maximize the advantages based on the herbs you use:
Container Planting
Simply put, container plantings are herb garden design plans where you are growing herbs in pots. The easiest way to do this is to club together all the herbs that need similar soils and sun exposure. Conversely, you could also pot each herb into individual small pots. I prefer the latter idea as it avoids the possibility of overcrowding. Most folks make the mistake of planting herbs too close to each other. This will create a competition between the herbs for space and the weaker ones will get a beating. So while making your herb garden design plans, make sure that the plants are well spaced out.
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