Friday, June 22, 2012


This past weekend I formed a herb garden. Now that I have a dehydrator, I never have to buy another packet or bottle of herbs from the supermarket.  I started the garden a few days ago in my head. I have a number of old tyres lying around the garden.  It occurred to me one day how they would make lovely gardens for herbs. My one concern was the possibility of the rubber leaching into the soil and affecting the plants. After researching this point heavily, I could not find substantial proof that it would be harmful in anyway and decided that I would go ahead with my tyre herb garden. Along with the help of the farm stay guests I had at the time, I collected the aged chicken manure waiting for such a time as this, moved the wheelbarrow over to collect some ordinary soil and then mixed the two together in the barrow. After the soil/manure mix was deposited in the tyres I added a bag or two of organic garden potting mix.  In went the parsley, sage, basil and rosemary. A final layer of sugarcane mulch completed the little gardens and after a drink of Seasol we stood back and smiled. The gardens were alive.    

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