Herb Spirals

[MountainMoon22]

This is probably old news for many, but I was reading an article on herb spirals (http://www.mitra.biz/joomla/index.php/writingssustainability/3049-herbspiral), I'm going to start building one tomorrow if it's nice outside, the concept is so neat.

[LFE]

Looks good.... makes sense.
Depending on soil (or lack of soil) you may or may not need the gravel layer (good drainage is critical).
- Big Tom's mixed compost also works wonders... our thyme for strawberry garden grew like crazy with it!

[kemeigen]

some of them can be made really beautiful

[MountainMoon22]

Lavender and bee balm are a really pretty combination. The herb gardens are nice because the deer leave them alone. My garden was an expensive deer salad before I started planting herbs. Now they usually leave it alone.

[OzGirl]

For those with crappy soil or no soil - straw bale gardening is a great alteranative for herb, vege and flower gardens. Lots of online resources for those interested and I posted something on this last year.

http://kcgardens.kansascity.com/sites/kcgardens.kansascity.com/files/images/straw%20bale.jpg