Organic Green Spot Gardening

My Herbal Container Garden

There are many advantages to gardening in pots. Container gardens fit just about anywhere. The gardener can make many plant combinations and color as well as change plants with the season in the container. Container gardens may be portable. You can let them follow the sun or fill in an empty space in your garden. Perennial plants may be moved to an indoor window for winter months. Even an urban gardener with little or no yard space can grown fresh produce on a patio or in a sunny window.

The following list of perennial herbs can be grown in pots or find a secluded spot in your garden to be used year after year.

Sage — a perennial plant, loves lots of sun in soil that drains well.
Rosemary –craves attention, the sun and lime-rich soil.
Chives –Moist, rich soil and plenty of sun and trimmings will result in healthy chives.
Basil — Many types of this thirsty, tender, tropical annual exist, but most varieties grow quickly and easily in warm soil. This herb is a must for Italian cooking!
Thyme — a perennial herb adds great flavor to meat dishes and soups, doesn’t mind being neglected a little bit, since it thrives in light, warm and fairly dry soil.
Chamomile (Roman Chamomile) — choose the perennial to enhance the growth of any nearby plants. This herb also loves full or partial shade or sun and moist, well drained earth.
Mint — perennial with lots of varieties that prefer moist soil and shade with little sun.
Oregano — count on this perennial to enhance the flavor of your beans in your gardenand repel insects that bother your broccoli.
Lemon Balm — a hardy perennial that likes just about anything: full sun or lots of shade and can be grown from seeds, cuttings or divisions.
Lavender — There are several varieties of this semi-hardy perennial but all dislike frost. Lavender makes a nice edging or hedge, prefers plenty of sun and loose, fast-draining soil.
Catnip — This perennial plant has almost become a weed in many parts of the USA and prefers sun or partial shade, but if you grow your catnip in full sun, the plants will be sturdier and shorter.
French Tarragon–enhances the growth of surrounding vegetables and prefers sandy loam and full or partial shade.
Fennel (Sweet Florence) — this perennial herb resembles dill but does not grow as tall as common fennel This variety likes plenty of sunlight and well-drained, fertilized soil.
Sweet Marjoram — this perennial can be propagated easily from seed or cuttings indoors or outdoors.

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Go Green–Herbs and Container Gardening

There are many advantages to gardening in container gardens as they fit just about anywhere. The gardener can make many plant combinations and color as well as change plants with the season in the container.  You can easily move your container garden to let them follow the sun or fill in an empty space in your garden. Perennial plants may be moved to an indoor window for winter months.  Urban gardeners with little or no yard space can grown fresh produce on a patio or in a sunny window.

These perennial herbs can be grown in pots or in a secluded spot in your garden to be used year after year.

Sage — a perennial plant, loves lots of sun in soil that drains well.
Rosemary –craves attention, the sun and lime-rich soil.
Chives –Moist, rich soil and plenty of sun and trimmings will result in healthy chives.
Basil — Many types of this thirsty, tender, tropical annual exist, but most varieties grow quickly and easily in warm soil. This herb is a must for Italian cooking! Be careful as this tasty herb can easily take over the whole garden.
Thyme — a perennial herb adds great flavor to meat dishes and soups, doesn’t mind being neglected a little bit, since it thrives in light, warm and fairly dry soil.
Chamomile (Roman Chamomile) — choose the perennial to enhance the growth of any nearby plants. This herb also loves full or partial shade or sun and moist, well drained earth.
Mint — perennial with lots of varieties that prefer moist soil and shade with little sun.
Oregano — count on this perennial to enhance the flavor of your beans in your gardenand repel insects that bother your broccoli.
Lemon Balm — a hardy perennial that likes just about anything: full sun or lots of shade and can be grown from seeds, cuttings or divisions.
Lavender — There are several varieties of this semi-hardy perennial but all dislike frost. Lavender makes a nice edging or hedge, prefers plenty of sun and loose, fast-draining soil.
Catnip — This perennial plant has almost become a weed in many parts of the USA and prefers sun or partial shade, but if you grow your catnip in full sun, the plants will be sturdier and shorter.
French Tarragon–enhances the growth of surrounding vegetables and prefers sandy loam and full or partial shade.
Fennel (Sweet Florence) — this perennial herb resembles dill but does not grow as tall as common fennel This variety likes plenty of sunlight and well-drained, fertilized soil.
Sweet Marjoram — this perennial can be propagated easily from seed or cuttings indoors or outdoors.

Take your pick and find your recipes.  Once planted these tasty herbs will be around for your perennial use.

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This year I tried a new approach to growing our kitchen garden which is located next to our urban house.  Space has been limited and our share of sunlight is cut down to three hours a day because of the large office building which shades the garden in the morning and the house itself which shades the garden in the afternoon.

Six hay bales were brought into the space which receives most of the sun.  They were saturated with water and organic plant food for three weeks and then they were covered with a layer of organic topsoil.

Plants were selected to occupy the garden space.  Tomato plants, pepper plants, cucumber plants, and a number of herbs now occupy the space.  I did not count on the volunteer bean plants that had occupied the original soil last year but they have also sprung up.

Composting of the bales has been fast and next year I will plant on the same spot taking advantage of the new rich soil being made by the hay bales.

My lush kitchen garden resembles more of tropical jungle as rainfall has been plentiful this year. Even the giant sunflowers that were planted between the bales will soon be in bloom providing seeds for neighborhood birds.

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