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Liz Hoxie wrote:I read somewhere that Sweet Cicely likes morning Sun and afternoon shade. Try planting it on the east side, maybe that will work.
Tyler Manahan wrote: Using what you've got is a beautiful way to go. And you knocked it out of the park! You planned and plotted and planted and planned...and plotted some more. What you did was masterful gardening and high art. A lovely garden.
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William Wallace wrote:That's such a cute update post. If I didn't know that the top picture was from three years ago, I would think that it was the same child from behind. They both have those curls at the bottom. It seems your spiral is doing great.
Is there anything that you would have done differently?
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Myron Platte wrote:How's the spiral doing?
Barbara Kochan wrote:Thank you so much, Nicole, for including this in today's dailyish. I was just saying to Mom that I'm GOING to get herbs started this year (after 5+ years of intending; waiting to decide upon the perfect placements).
What do you think of a spiral/hugelmound hybrid? I, too, have to work to get spare dirt to turn into soil, so it's helpful for the building and then, of course, health/resilience of all new planting areas to include large amounts of leftover bits of trees and shrubs. Is there any reason you have experienced why I should have one or the other rather than incorporating the 2?
I was thinking I was going to create to planting areas: one for the herbs that do best with rich moist soil, and one for those herbs that tend to thrive in spare and dryer soil. I think the hugelmound could have wetter (bottom) and dryer (top) as well as more and less sun (South/North) True enough?
do you have other herb re-placement suggestions now that more years have passed?
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