i have an allotment and i used a part of it for my herbs. unfortunately as my herbs grew they have all mixed in together like a gigantic herbal jungle, and although i've cut them back.i can't quite decide where one plant ends and another begins. can they be left in a herbal mass...or are they better grown singularly with lots of care ??? thanks
2007-09-28 04:56:49 · 5 answers · asked by MOON WITCH 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Creeping thyme is gorgeous spilling out of an old pot, and rosemary can get tall enough to shield your view. While you 'could' grow each of them in pots - I prefer the more natural look.
If you let even ONE of those plants go to seed - you'll have more herbs next year than you can shake a stick at - and they'll be everywhere, certainly not orderly.
I personally don't think an herb garden should be neat. It should reflect nature.....
~J~ (who's parsley is currently home to some caterpillars destined to be gorgeous butterflies)
2007-09-28 05:21:28 · answer #1 · answered by Earthfinds.com 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I let mine grow pretty much in the natural and would be so happy to have that problem this year. Right here where I live we had a big freeze in late spring that killed everything, so this year, no peaches, no figs, no herbs exept for a few that grew slowly and poorly after they came back. But I have been grateful everytime I think about that because some farmers lost their entire crop this year. I just hope they have found some other way to make it through to next year. I have about 15 different ones so I am not hurting, good luck with your garden.
2007-09-28 14:13:30 · answer #2 · answered by Fauna 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's difficult to keep many herbs from spreading; I used to try to separate mine into approximate areas - mints, thymes, tall herbs like chamomile and such, etc. The separating devices can be as simple as you like - I used to use brick walkways, but when space is tight, those plastice edging strips might work OK. The problem with a mass is that some, like mints, will overgrow the others. If they're all lowish it's less of a problem.
2007-09-28 12:20:02 · answer #3 · answered by John R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To keep them separate sink large flower pots/buckets/or troughs with the base cut out sunk into the earth. Nothing wrong with a herb jungle though.
2007-09-28 12:08:39 · answer #4 · answered by coffee 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1.www.blessedmaineherbs.com
2.utahmastergardeners.usu.edu/counties
3.www.histery.uk.com/herb-garden
4.www.hilakas.com/live-and-learn-info
5.www.43things.com/things
2007-09-28 12:09:20 · answer #5 · answered by Rangarajan R 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋