We decided that we realistically don't have the space for a proper spiral herb garden now that we have all of raised beds in the backyard (although I would still like to have a spiral someday). So instead, we utilized a portion of those raised beds by splitting a square section (approximately 30 inches X 30 inches) it into eight triangular sections. I then planted out all of the little starts I've been hardening off.
We have (top left to right): dill, thyme, sage and cota tea (direct sown) and (bottom left to right) dark purple opal and genovese basil, lettuce leaf basil, lemon balm and oregano. I can hardly wait for them all to fill in!!!
I labelled them all with permanent marker on a few of the rocks we have in our yard. Hey, at least a few of those rocks are good for something, right? ;-)
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Very nice - may you have many handfuls of herbs from your herb garden :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dani! That's the hope!
Deletethat looks brilliant, i love the pretty layout and rocks too :) your raised beds are so brilliant!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Astra! The rocks were a last minute (free) addition :-)
DeleteThis will be awesome! I think herb gardens are the most valuable thing you can grow.......just b/c herbs (spices) are so darn expensive.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! They're ridiculously expensive! Plus, they're SO much better when they're super fresh :-)
DeleteAwesome! I've been thinking about a spiral herb garden as well (but also realize it's not happening this year). This is a great NOW solution. It looks great.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Monika! I can't wait it to fill out :-) Good luck with your bed!
DeleteI LOVE that design. You know I would have just built a raised bed and planted them around in different spots. That's going to give you a design and keep the herbs more orderly. Awesome. I posted something on our blog last year about using a wagon wheel and since I will probably never find one of those, ha, I love this design. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the old wagon wheel design, too :-) Someday, when we have more space, I'll get to choose how to organize my herbs, but for now, I'm super excited about this design!
DeleteYour herb garden will look so nice once the plants start in the wood design :)
ReplyDeletestart *growing* is what I meant to say...
DeleteAgreed! Now they look a little lost with so much space around them ;-)
DeleteBeautiful design! Don't fresh herbs from the garden make all the difference in the world to whatever you are cooking?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! I can't wait to just run out and grab a few herbs for random recipes!
Deleteoh nice! i really like the design of it.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Trisha!
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