So, to make this a little easier. I will post in three sections [1] My herb garden [2] A great resource book [3] Garden craft.
1. The Herb Garden
This is ~ 3 weeks of growth. God has been good to my little garden. I planted MINT, BASIL, PARSLY, STEVIA, ROSEMARY, LAVENDER & CILANTRO. I just wish I had read this
book before I planted this garden. You see, my MINT is over taking my garden and had I read this book, I would have known this was going to happen. So today, I am going to dig up my mint and plant it in a container. One last thing, deer. I have a deer problem and my yard is their favorite snack bar. If you have a deer problem, be sure to read this book. As you can see, the deer have stayed away (knock on wood). I just love Storey Publishing. They publish the best informative books!
My natural-alternative deer deterrent. Be sure to read this book.
book before I planted this garden. You see, my MINT is over taking my garden and had I read this book, I would have known this was going to happen. So today, I am going to dig up my mint and plant it in a container. One last thing, deer. I have a deer problem and my yard is their favorite snack bar. If you have a deer problem, be sure to read this book. As you can see, the deer have stayed away (knock on wood). I just love Storey Publishing. They publish the best informative books!My natural-alternative deer deterrent. Be sure to read this book.
2. The Book
by Charles W. G. Smith
2010
ISBN: 978-1-60342-528-5
This book spares no punches. Right away in the introduction the author is quick to discuss - Where to Plant the herbs, Tending/Attending, How Many Plants you Will Need and Harvesting. Make sure to pay special attention to the Garden Hun section. Hence, my MINT debacle.
The next section of this fantastic book talks about 26 herbs. I like how the author devotes a few pages to each herb, discussing in detail the species, how to grow it, harvesting, planning & quantity and most importantly uses.
The book concludes with a "Herbs at a Glance" chart that makes a good reference for planning your garden. You can see a detailed video review here.
3. The Craft
These have been all over blog land. I had so much fun making these labels for my garden. I bought my silverware from the Dollar Store and Walmart (2 for $1). My stamping set came from Harbor Freight. I bought the 1/8 & 1/4 sizes. This was not the easiest craft for me. I had trouble hitting the stamp with the hammer hard enough to leave a good stamped letter. Sometimes my stamp would move around and cause a "stutter" look in my letters. I finally had to say..."good enough" and call it a day. I used a black Sharpie to shade in the letters and then wiped it off. Be sure to hammer out the silverware nice and flat before stamping. These bloggers did it best: DesignSponge, ApartmentTherapy, BunnyTales (How To).
Here are my tools
Happy Herb Gardening!
~XOXO~
6 comments:
Your herb garden looks awesome, and your markers came out wonderful. My cilantro is just starting to come up, but I'm very excited! I love seeing your garden pics!
HERB-a-licious!!!! I don't have a green thumb and feel pretty helpless in my overgrown garden. Would you like to come and play? :)
For some reason, my pot of chives survived the brutal winter here and it is huge. Best of all, it has flowers....beautiful purple ones.
Yesterday I chopped up 5 of the flowers and made chive blossom butter. YUMMMM
What a great post! A vegetable garden is first on our list (thanks to the book I won from you!) but herbs will be next and this excites me!
darling craft to add to the garden. Have never tried stamping....hmmmmm. Love the look!!
I bet the garden smells wonderful! The new house came with a small patch of mint growing! love how it smells!
I love fresh herbs!!!! Cute craft idea too:)
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