Having an herb garden has always been a dream of mine however; gardening has always meant veggies in my mind. I have been doing vegetable gardening for most of my life.

In the Beginning

I grew up on a cattle ranch in Montana and we had a very large garden there. I did not enjoy working in the garden pulling weeds and watering it, I would rather be out riding my horse. After I got married I started gardening again and I enjoyed it more but it became more difficult as the kids came along. And true to kid form none of them enjoyed working in the garden. It was hard to keep a garden up, raise kids and keep the small farm that we lived on running too. It was worth it to keep fresh veggies coming into the house and to can what I could for the wintertime but it wasn’t exactly enjoyable. Now that we are empty nesters I am enjoying gardening once again.

Taking the Herb Class

The class focuses in on six herbs and I’ve been able to find seeds for some of the herbs that we are talking about in the class, Echinacea, garlic, sage, and cayenne. I already have the garlic coming up in my grow room. I have just planted Echinacea, sage and cayenne. I’ll probably order the Elderberry shrubs and mullein online.

My biggest problem is the area I have for my new herb garden has shade, a lot of shade. Most herbs like the sun so my plan is to keep the herbs in pots this year and rotate them so they aren’t in the shade all the time. There are four trees that shade the area and I’d like to cut them down but that isn’t in the budget this year. It is all about adjusting and working the best with the areas that we have for our gardens.

The class talks about the history or the herb, how to grow it, how to store it and then make an herbal remedy from the herb. It has been so interesting. I know this will be a jumping off point for me to move forward and learn more about herbs.  

What is Your Herb Garden Dream

I’d really love to share with you the things I learn in my herb class so be looking for those blogs in the near future.

Tell me about your herbs. What is your favorite herb?