Gardening
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Sow, Save, and Settle: A September Herb Garden in Zone 6b
Late-summer abundance meets the first cool nights — here’s how to harvest, divide, and plant so your beds carry you into fall. September in the Ohio River valley is a generous hinge. Days can still feel like summer, yet mornings carry a hint of change. For herb gardeners in Zone 6b, this is not a…
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September Tasks for Kentuckiana Herb Growers
First frost is still weeks away (typically mid-October here), but the work you do now determines what you will have in November and next spring. September in Louisville means warm days, cooler nights, and soil that is still workable. Use the month well. Harvest and preserve. Cut basil, lemon verbena, and other tender annuals before…
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Lessons in the Garden
Lessons in the Garden “Look!”, my mom happily exclaimed as we looked over our family’s new home and yard. It’s bare dirt patches just waiting for my mom’s creativity and loving touch. A blank canvass of dirt in which to write upon with our spades and our tiny seeds. “Oh, the possibilities!”. I was just…
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Lasagna Garden
Lasagna Garden While cleaning up email folders I came across some “new” techniques about creating a lasagna garden. I had moved it to my “read later” file thinking it might be interesting to see what plants were recommended for this type of garden. I had heard of spaghetti gardens where tomato varieties, onions, basils, oregano,…