Anjali’s herb garden packed with herbs that we can cook with to our hearts content has been the envy of mine for years.
A couple of years ago I snuck in a mint plant into her herb patch to complete the herb selection. Anjali wasn’t happy about that and told me that she was worried mint would take over. But I love mint; I absolutely love the way it grows freely and how the leaves look green and lush all the time. I even wrote a poem in honor of mint. I apologized for encroaching on her herb patch and told her I would keep mint contained.
Well, two years later mint has taken over Anjali’s herb garden and that’s all we saw growing earlier this spring in her herb patch. Anjali’s herb patch had become a mint garden. In fact this particular variety of mint was even growing like ground cover under and around the raised bed.
Feeling thoroughly guilty about my mint intrusion, this spring I dug up the entire herb garden including all the mint, all the soil, and just in case mint wanted to come back into the herb patch, placed some landscape fabric and mulch at the bottom of the bed and then added 2 feet of fresh soil. Gosh I hoped this worked in keeping mint away from Anjali’s herb patch. Then we picked up new herbs to replant in her box.
Interestingly, though Anjali was very happy with how her herb patch looked before, she felt it was mostly in shades of green. This time she wanted her herb patch to have some color with butterfly, honey bee and hummingbird attracting flowering plants to add color contrast to the green herbs.
Among the herbs that got a new home in Anjali’s herb patch were cilantro, chives, three varieties of thyme, basil, dill, parsley, trailing rosemary, and Italian oregano.🌿🌱. No mint 😊.
All new plants need a good soaking after they are planted 🌨.
Anjali’s new herb patch. 😊🌿🌿🌿🌼🌻
The joy of herb gardening 🌿🌱🌼
I love it! (Even with the mint!!!! Lol)
😀 I too love the mint!!
I am sure Anjali will continue her gardening passion. You have such a beautiful garden, very hard to resist gardening.
Thanks Basanthi! We are so fortunate to be living in California where we can garden almost all year with our gorgeous weather.
A beautiful post…
I also love mint, but could never grow it! That is until it was planted in my garden! I had success – too much success, and had to do exactly what you have done… My mint now grows nicely contained in a waterwell pot.
Thank you! Funny how we all have a love/hate relationship with mint 😀
Apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree,
Good job Anjali
I hope Anjali continues the gardening torch in our family.
That is a lot of herbs for such an area. Perhaps they will get to expand into more area later.
Will keep you posted.
Looks like Anjali is pushing her mom to retire and pass on this gardening by herself. It is not a bad idea. Anjali will learn and help mom to move on to something different activity or activities. Both mom and daughter deserve recognition and our congratulations for excellent undertaking in Kalpana Sheth’s garden.
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Oh I dont plan on retiring from gardening any time soon Del 😀, I love it to much. But I am looking forward to Anjali gardening right beside me as the years go by!
I think anjali has inherited grandma’s genes through her mom and aunt Bhanu … ….
Anjali has some of her Mum’s genes when it comes to gardening :-).
I hope she continues the gardening torch for me! She still isn’t addicted to gardening as I am though 😀