Grow Fresh Herbs at Home
Soil for herbs explained: drainage, texture and pH, preparing a garden bed, using compost and feeding herbs lightly through the season.
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Most herbs need far less fertilizer than you might expect. Learn which herbs benefit from a light feeding, which want almost none, and how compost and a soil test keep you from overdoing it.
The steps, in order, for turning lawn or an old bed into an herb bed: clearing turf and weeds, loosening the soil, mixing in compost, handling heavy clay and getting ready for planting day.
How to tell whether your garden soil suits herbs: a rough drainage check, what clay, sand and loam each need, why pH changes should follow a soil test, and what to fix first.
