Perfect Gardening: Garden Motivation

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Herb Garden Ideas For Your Weekend

There are numerous herbs that we use in our every day cooking and baking. If we can grow them ourselves while lightening up our kitchen, lounge or home then that's even better!

Whether the pasta needs basil or meat needs mint, it can all be done with such ease and look so brilliant.

This is a commonly used home-made herb planter for kitchens at home. Made from old jars, scrap wood and metal screw ties, it's simple and an efficient use of space.

These are perfect for family meals as they are restricted to how much they grow, yet still grow enough for several meals a week.

Using plant pots on walls or specially designed shelves is a great way of growing herbs for home or even the business.

This method is much more pleasing to the eye and allows for a larger crop to be grown in necessary.

Those awkward holes in retaining walls usually just build up with weeds, webs and unwanted residue. If you're looking to grow some herbs outdoors without spending any money, this is the perfect option for you!

Not only do the herbs grow to cover the gaps but they also hold the soil back and reduce weed growth.

This idea was born in the early 2000's when stackable plant pots were a fad. While they aren't always the best for larger plants, they sure make a great little herb garden.

The idea is that the garden is easy care and compact. This ensures that no matter how green (or not) your thumb is, you can still have a small successful herb garden.

Garden Edge Ideas

Let these photos sink in and decide; what would look best in your garden? We have to start somewhere and the edges is one of the easiest and most significant upgrades we can do.

This is one that hasn't been seen much before but pebble edging can tidy up your yard a lot!

Artificial wooden edging is becoming more and more popular as it is now being mass produced. What a great way to bring a high edge to a garden bed.

Smooth bricks can make your garden look like it has been freshly renovated when used as an edge. The bricks can be made into nearly any shape to suit any garden.

Recycled plastic edging is very popular at the moment as it is cheap, easy and simple. While it can be used as a permanent edge, it can also be used for temporary edging in landscape projects or to separate plants.

Rock walls used as garden edges may not be the cheapest but they are certainly pleasing to the eye. It is definitely worth getting a professional in to install a wall like this.