March 21, 2011

Herb Bed

So about my herb bed. It's a simple child's sandbox. All my kids have outgrown any use for it. So I drilled drain holes into the bottom. After I filled it with soil, sand, and compost, I marked off where I wanted to plant my seeds.

Here is my rough sketch of what I planted:


In the "dump truck" part of the toy, I again drilled holes and filled it with soil. I picked up a rosemary seedling from the garden center. I'm told Rosemary grows to be quite big, so I expect to need to transplant it into a bigger pot in the future. But for now, I think it makes my herb bed pretty.

The pot is going to be some flowers to hopefully attract the good insects to my garden.


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3 comments:

  1. That'll be an attractive box once it's going.

    My children always loved to just touch the herbs when we had a perennial herb garden and smell the rosemary and sage on their hands.

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  2. Love it!! I hadn't thought of using an old sand box .. or a pool!

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