fennel – Culture Access

Creating a herb raised bed

A raised bed was built and filled with compost for the first experiment on creating a herb bed.

from September 2015

a woman pointing to a man - they are both smiling. Another man is behind them with a wheelbarrow. — with Michael and Pat, Meantime Nursery staff, setting the idea of raised bed

rough wooden table with a couple of small plants and a blue wheelbarrow — bed about to be the height of this table

A raised bed was made with wooden joined up boxes on three sides. They were underlined with black heavy duty plastic sheets and filled with compost .

November 2015

raised wooden bed on three sides with plastic cover — raised bed

March 2016

trowel in compost under plant roots — planting herbs

trailing rosemary with reddish sage — trailing rosemary with sage

young chives — chives

rosemary

fennel

silver thyme

apple mint and lemon balm with green tags — apple mint and lemon balm

2 red sages — red sage

spearmint

chamomile

hyssop