Gardening

Mr.Bill

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3. How about herbs?

Fri Jul 21, 2017, 08:56 PM

Jul 2017

We downsized to a mobile home last year, and while I miss my big garden and all the vegetable it produced, we just don't have room for it. I have one 4X4 planter box with tomatoes and jalapeno peppers, but everything else is in pots. We have mint (don't grow mint anywhere but in a pot, or it will take over the yard), rosemary, thyme, oregano, basil, you get the idea. Very easy to care for, pots can be moved if something needs more or less sun, results are good and it makes cooking more fun when you've got fresh herbs right in the yard.

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Small courtyard. Spouse allergic to shrubs. Could use some ideas for what next. [View all] politicat Jul 2017 OP

Mimosa tree allergies cyclonefence Jul 2017 #1

It's not a mimosa or an acacia - it's Sophora Japonica (Japanese Pagoda). politicat Jul 2017 #4

Oh dear cyclonefence Jul 2017 #5

hours of direct sun? straw bale gardening! I mix bales with containers - great results NRaleighLiberal Jul 2017 #2

Summer, it's 8-10 hours of direct; winter it's less. politicat Jul 2017 #7

How about herbs? Mr.Bill Jul 2017 #3

LOL -- we had a mint yard at the last house. politicat Jul 2017 #8

Okay. I would first look at native perennials WhiteTara Jul 2017 #6

Colorado, Front Range, just under 6K feet. politicat Jul 2017 #9

You have some great choices for your plantings WhiteTara Jul 2017 #11

Perhaps irises and or day-lilies? forgotmylogin Jul 2017 #10

Plant native plants Botany Jul 2017 #12