Herb Garden

My neighbor, Ms. Timmie, has recently inspired me to become more organic. I have to admit, I have wanted to do an herb garden for a while but I haven't had the time to learn about it or the drive. Well, my neighbor across the street has an herb and vegetable garden. She has been sharing her veggies with me over the past few weeks and in conversation, I learned about her herbs. She offered to share hers with me (she has hers in the ground, so she let me come dig up a few bulbs to start my own. I wanted to share with yall how it went and a little bit of the process.

These are the herbs at Ms. Timmie's house. Some of them grow pretty big if you have them in the ground and she has hers mixed in with her landscape...which is neat. In this picture there is dill, parsley and chives mixed in with some bushes. If you can't pick them out...don't worry, I couldn't either until Ms. Timmie came along :)

The dirt at our house (in our flower beds) is really rocky and hard. So, the cheapest and easiest way to start an herb garden here is in pots. I had some pots with petunias in them. They were getting really ratty looking with only a few blooms, so I decided to sacrifice the petunias for the herbs. All you need is some potting soil (with miracle grow in it works best) and a spade.

I should have done a better job taking pics of the actual transplant process but I was in a hurry b/c this was done during Briggs nap time, so I was on a tight time schedule. Anyway, the final product looks a little like this...

Note: I already had those potted plants/flowers you see in the picture to the left. The three pots with herbs blend right in. The plants in this picture are right outside my back door so I can just step out there and pick what I need to cook with. In the herb pots (to the right of the picture) I have thyme, mint and tarragon seeds.


Here is the other pot that is also in the back of my house. It has chives, parsley and basil. All I did to transplant these herbs is...dig up a little section of the already matured herbs at my neighbors house, stick them in the pots of dirt and water them. From what I hear, that's all you have to do...and keep them watered of course.


We will see how all this goes...but I'm personally pumped at my project and I can't wait to start using all my herbs. The best part about this project is how inexpensive it is...I had the pots and potting soil already and then got the herbs for free. (the seeds are super cheap if you had to go that route). It's been stressing me a little leading up to this project b/c I have no idea how to even use herbs. I mean like how to pick them, cut them up and cook with them...but thankfully Ms. Timmie knows. She has helped teach me a lot.

Next project...vegetable garden. I'm working on finding some scrap wood to build a planter box and get started with a fall/winter garden if I can get it together in time..if not, then I'll have it all ready for the spring crop. Can't wait for that! More to come as I progress on that project. But until then..happy herb cooking.