How to
Create a Herb Garden
The best way to enjoy herbs is to have them growing right outside the kitchen where you can harvest them just when you need them.
- Start by choosing a suitable pot. Yates new Tuscan Edge self-watering pots look great in every style of landscape and their clever moisture reservoirs means the plants won’t dry out (even if you forget to water!).
- Fill the pot with Thrive Premium potting mix. It contains slow release fertiliser that will feed your plants for up to nine months. Added soil wetters in the mix improve water absorption – no more water runoff and wastage.
- Sow Yates herb seeds into the potting mix. Make sure you read the instructions on the seed packet for sowing depth and spacing. Most herb varieties can be planted at this time of year. Chives, basil, coriander, mint and parsley are all popular varieties. A bay tree or some upright-growing rosemary will add structure to your herb pot.
- Make sure you position the pot to suit the variety of herbs selected. Most herbs require sun.
- Keep the potting mix moist while seeds are establishing.
- Feed the young herbs with Thrive Soluble Plant Food every two weeks to make sure they grow extra strong and healthy.
- Begin Harvesting when the herbs have plenty of leaves.
Shopping Check List
- Tuscan Edge Pot or Trough
- Yates Professional Potting Mix
- Yates Herb Seeds
- Thrive Soluble Plant Food
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Carol
Yates site member
11:59, 10 July 2011
Can you please tell me what herbs are compatiable to grow together, this is my first time growing them. I have purchased Chives,Thyme,Oregano,Parsley,Mint,Garlic & Rosemary. I would appreciate the help as I have not got the greatest green thumb. Thank You Carol.
Carol
Yates site member
14:58, 10 July 2011
Can you please tell me what herbs are compatiable to grow together, this is my first time growing them. I have purchased Chives,Thyme,Oregano,Parsley,Mint,Garlic & Rosemary. Thank You.
JOCELYN
Yates site member
17:23, 13 July 2011
I think it's "Create an Herb Garden" instead of "Create a Herb Garden" because 'herb' is one of those exceptions to the rule of when to use the article 'A" and 'An'. Usually. 'herb' is silent 'h' so what one usually hears is 'an (h)erb'.
Clare
Yates site member
10:28, 24 December 2011
are you serious????
Brenda
Yates site member
14:03, 15 February 2012
Aussie mate we say HHHHerb!!
JOCELYN
Yates site member
19:13, 13 July 2011
Anyway, I wish you have Catnip seeds readily available in the stores where they usually sell them so we can try planting them and see if our cats will really go 'gaga' over them as most articles say they will be... ;p Thanks!
Jillian
Yates site member
14:08, 20 October 2011
Catnip is available in Bunnings plant section in the herb section and yes Cats do like it
Kathleen
Yates site member
11:43, 16 August 2011
I want to put a herb garden out the front porch it gets morning sun what herbs grow best there.
Hellen
Yates site member
07:43, 15 October 2011
I have created a herb garden with thyme, oregano, marjoram, prostarate rosemary in a pot, sage, parsley, basil and chives. It would be good if we could post a photo. Maybe there is a facility and I haven't come across it yet. I have divided the gardens into sections, each for a different herb with green plastic garden edging. In the centre is a large pot containing a herb. The thyme, marjoram and oregano now I wish I had kept in pots as they grow to absolutely fill the section that they are in and try to escape.
Clytie
Yates site member
16:53, 30 October 2011
I find pots work very well for most herbs, particularly the "self-watering" (reservoir) pots in a very hot and dry climate like ours in Renmark SA. (We hit 50°C the summer before last and we get about 250mm rain per year.) You do indeed need to separate most herbs quite strictly. I planted parsley in one pot, then it went to seed, and I now have three pots of parsley growing most enthusiastically. ;). One pot pf herbs really produces as much herb growth as you need, since it is encouraged to regrow by your picking and cutting. My daughter goes out and gives the chives a "haircut" (with scissors!) and plucks some leaves from the various herbs for whatever dish we are cooking. Mint is especially keen on empire-building. I remember my parents had the mint in a separate garden bed (near the tap: keep the water up and it's happy), but it would still run roots under the nearly 1m-wide concrete path and pop up on the other side, looking for new territories to conquer. ;) So put your herbs in individual pots (some do well growing as hedges in the longer pots), fertilize them occasionally, keep the water up (cress and coriander like it really wet) and encourage healthy growth by picking and using as you go. A herb garden is low-maintenance but rewarding in its smells and sensations, the unmatched taste of fresh-picked herbs, and the money saved and convenience of always having those herbs fresh and on hand.
joy
Yates site member
11:18, 18 October 2011
what do you know about Herb Robert?
kath
Yates site member
17:53, 10 November 2011
I started our now overgrowing vegetable garden with herbs and they have been great.....easy to grow for the kids and the different smells have the kids learning about the different herbs we planted so that they can show visitors our wonderful touch and smell garden....
Anthony
Yates site member
15:01, 16 November 2011
I am keen to identify what I think is a herb. Appearance like lemon grass, clumping height about 6oo mm and when "flowering" has a bunch or green growths that look like a firework. They have about 6 spikes that come off the stem laterally and in the centre what looks like a green floret similar to a brocolli head.
ellen
Yates site member
23:24, 11 December 2011
Carol, I would plant your mint in a pot or somewhere in a garden that is contained as it can be invasive. I plant my garlic in April as it needs a bit of cold over winter for it to be successful. Lime the soil about 3weeks before planting, usually in the vegetable patch, rather than a herb garden. It likes to be kept weed free. It is easy to grow and if you have some left over that you dont use, it can be frozen and used in cooking (or at least that's what I do with mine). The rest of the herbs you mentioned can be all planted in your general herb patch. I have mine all planted this way and they go well together. Hope this helps
Leslie
Yates site member
13:42, 07 January 2012
aa far as herb garden goes I use a MACQUARIE ABOVE GROUND GARDEN which is controled by a auto tap waterer and has a shade cloth cover great for balconies and handicaped people it is 1800x800ml 200ml deep & 700ml above ground and also has a drainage pipe to carry any excess water
Dayna
Yates site member
17:07, 15 March 2012
Try this kit for starting a Herb Garden http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270935600369
faruq
Yates site member
19:59, 24 March 2012
not helpful, we people trust YATES to give us practical tips for establishing a herb garden not to be bombarded with your product promotion. Tell us what type of weather, soil and care from a practical point of view. Yates is trusted by generation, you owe us expert advice if not for anything then for our trust and loyalty. THanks
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