The Herb Corner

 


This corner bed will be for garlic and herbs.

So far I have planted oregano and basil. I put in some cilantro, but it is not doing well. We made this bed on June 14. I used scrap pieces of wood from the Scrap Exchange, and cardboard to shape it. 

The first tomatoes to appear are tiny plum tomatoes on the Little Napoli plant.

    Yet another free wood chip run. I am fortunate to have a generous neighbor who said I can take as much as I need. She got the load from "get chip drop" which is a free service to get a giant dump truck load of chips from some arborists in your neighborhood who need a place to put them. so I signed up for that too, but there is no telling when they might arrive. 






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