Thanks for the details. I'm mostly focusing on mint because I like mojitos if I'm being honest. Stuff like basil, chives, and lavender would be next up.
I'm looking at growing fresh mint because I got an ice cream maker for Christmas, and my favourite flavour is mint chocolate chip.
Ugh. Mint. I thought I got it all out except the one desired patch but I got a good healthy clump coming up so I pawned it off on the neighbor. There's a bajillion seedlings coming up and I am suspicious it is all mint. Show us what you end up buying!
You ever seen The Ruins? The movie? If mint were violent and carnivorous, humans would have gone extinct a long time ago.
Have some questions about coffee grinds as fertilizer especially for herbs like the aformentioned mint, lavender, basil, etc.. Would that be a viable thing? My family goes through grinds like we run a coffee shop so we always have a supply. Also lights, what would be a good inexpensive setup for a bookshelf or is my windowsill a good enough spot?
This is only a problem for fresh grounds. If they've been used to brew, that leeches out most of the acidic elements to them and are pretty close to neutral.
Huh. You’re right. I used grounds one year and my soil measured very acidic. I thought that was the reason. I guess not. Weird. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ TIL
Yeah the grounds would be spent. Like I said, it's a LOT of coffee we use. What would be the frequency of fertilizing for the herbs as well as the light situation.
I'm such a bastard about composting. I just rain it down on the ducks. They either eat it or it becomes part of the run. I used to have a system. Then I got ducks.
Walt has it, compost anything hot or problematic. All turns to great soil with some time, water and heat.
I have some work to do this Spring. I'll be building new structure around the current rotted out stuff. Things went bad when some trumpet vine grew up through the bottom of the beds and punctured the pond liner I had in there that was holding all that water. Needless to say that untreated wood got damn wet for a long time, and then everything ruptured out. Lesson learned! Part of the upgrade will also include worm tubes so that I can compost directly into the bed and let the worms do their magic.
I was gonna try and fix my bed this year because like Nett, it was falling apart. Instead I just decided to say fuck it and build a new, bigger one instead. Still need to do some finishing work to bolster the structural integrity, but I was at least able to save part much all of my existing dirt and reuse it so I'm not starting over from complete scratch.
Looks great! Yeah, I've got too much gravel, etc, in place to move it out of the way, so I'll be digging out the winch and come-along and jamming all back into place and then build the 4x4 pressure treated and waterproofed wall around it. All glued together, with mortise and tenons. I'm thinking it'll last somewhat longer than the last pair.