Your Herb Garden – 4 Great Landscaping Tips
August 17, 2010 by admin
Filed under Herb gardening
Once you plan on having a patch for your herb garden make sure that it is well weeded and doesn’t get lost amidst the other greenery. Put this into your landscaping plans too and make sure that it has a prominent place in your garden.
1. Landscaping for your herb garden
Before you plant your herbs make sure that the soil is prepared well. You will have to make sure that it is properly edged in and that there are no weeds in the patch. This is not an easy job, and will take you at least a day to complete if done properly. To make the soil ready for planting you would have to add some nutrients to it. Once the soil is well prepared then you can start planning your landscaping and planting your herbs here.
2. Different kinds of herbs
To get the herbs that you want to plant you can get them from your local nursery. There are two kinds of hers, cooking herbs and ornamental ones. The latter are only for the aesthetic value that they add to your garden. So decide on which ones you want and incorporate this into your landscaping plans. It would benefit you to have both kinds now that you are planning a herb garden. This way you can enjoy both the beauty and the health benefits from the herbs.
3. Keep the herbs separated
Herbs should not be grown nest to each other as they can grow into each other and become hybrids. So to keep them apart you should make fencing with wire or wood and cordon off the areas of each kind of herb. This way each herb will remain in the space allotted to it and not grow into the other patch. This herb garden should be in your back yard landscaping and made a focal point of the garden. Protect it from animals and make sure that it has the right amount of shade and sunlight that it requires.
4. Expand your herb garden
If you have a fairly large garden then you can expand the area of your herb garden and add accessories to the patch to beautify it further. A garden path between the herbs and a waterfall will do wonders for this patch and your garden.
To get more ideas you can ask the local nursery for ideas or get professional landscapers to help you. Landscaping is something that has a lot of websites on the internet and you could find out a lot about it and get new ideas. Once you get started you can be very innovative yourself and not really need anyone's assistance to make your herb garden the best in the neighborhood.
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