Herb Garden Planning: Seeds


Right now is a great time to start planning your herb garden and deciding what seeds to purchase. It's a time to dream and put your thoughts on paper. That paper will represent the hope for new life that comes to every gardener. This hope will carry gardeners through the winter.

Planning If you have a plot of land, make a drawing of your garden. What shape do you want it to be? Will there be any ornaments or borders? If you have a balcony or indoor space, get a collection of pots together. Remember, most herbs like lots of sun. If you have a sunny window, fine. If not, get a grow light. Get inspired by the pictures offered here:

Formal Herb Garden:
http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Bloom/images/...

University of Alberta Devonian Botanic Garden and Herb Examples:
http://www.discoveredmonton.com/Devonian...

Article on Container Herb Gardening:
http://www.shepherdseeds.com/library/gro...

Hollington Herb Gardens
http://www.hants.gov.uk/leisure/garden/h...

Decide which herbs you want in your garden. "Growing Herbs in the Home Garden" gives tips on choosing, herbs, siting, or container growing:
http://w3.aces.uiuc.edu/NRES/extension/f...

Also, see my past article "Planning Your Herb Garden":
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/herb...

Seed Sources If you are on seed catalog mailing lists, your catalogues should start rolling in very soon.

Good sources for seeds are:

Richters Herb Specialists
http://www.richters.com/

Cook's Garden
Catalog Request: 800-457-9703
http://www.cooksgarden.com/products/herb...

Territorial Seed
Online Catalog Request form
http://www.territorial-seed.com/catreq/t...
http://www.territorial-seed.com/testcat/...

Shepherd's Seeds
Online Catalog Request: http://www.shepherdseeds.com/catreq.htm
Seeds: http://www.shepherdseeds.com/sgs/section...

Johnny's Seeds
Online Catalog Request Form: http://www.johnnyseeds.com/14a.html
Seeds:
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/cgi-local/Min...

Seed Starting

Official Seed starting page from Weekend Gardener. Links to each type of herb and specific instructions:
http://www.chestnut-sw.com/seeds/herbsee...

Also at Weekend Gardener, a great interactive grow guide. "For spring garden planning, select the spring season and enter a planning date, your last spring frost date, and your first fall frost date. Sowing, hardening off, and transplanting tasks for spring plantings are calculated for you from these dates. Follow a similar procedure when planning your fall garden."
http://www.chestnut-sw.com/growform.htm

Starting Seeds from "low budget gardener" website:
http://home1.gte.net/rtylor/garden4.html

For additional seeding information, refer to my past article: Growing Herbs from Seed: Buying and Planting Plants:
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/herb...

Have fun, and keep on dreaming!

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