Herbs: Tilled the new bed yesterday!, 0 by garden_mermaid

garden_mermaid wrote:
brigid, the pvc frame is for plant protection & support. My DH designed it so that we can move the parts around as needed. In the winter, the upper pipes are connected to create a pitched roof. We cover the entire frame with plastic or agricultural fleece to create a greenhouse. As the squash and beans grow in the summer, we disconnect the roof pitch and swing the parts around to create a tall trellis in whichever section has the tall vines that year. I can run twine between any of the horizontal and vertical members to create the plant supports or shade that I need.

I have comfrey growing next to the tarragon. We hadn't yet gotten into the full heat of summer when I planted in mid June. We were tucking all the plants in under their fleece at night until mid-July. The tarragon and comfrey are in the middle section of the bed so that they receive some protection from the other plants. We plant intensively in a sort of combination of Jeavons/square foot/biodynamic methods that allows the plants to sort of mulch each other.

I've attached a photo of the tarragon that I took around 5pm yesterday. The tarragon is to the left of the gnome in this shot. I've already harvested quite a bit. The fuzzy leaves to the left of the tarragon, behind the dill, are the comfrey. I've tie the mullein leaves up a bit to get more sunlight in that section.