valleruata

Member since: Jul 08 | Years gardening: 40 Organic gardener

I love to garden! Especially with herbs (culinary, medicinal, dye). I am lucky to have a big place now that my MIL has been gardening in for the last 30 yrs. We are all in it together now. Some dedicated culinary herb beds, veggie patches, flowers (edible and those just for beauty) orchard and lots of areas that are a mix of all.
I am a chef by trade, but a knitter, spinner and dyer as well.
We keep some chickens around for eggs and orchard management, bunnies for fluff and compost poo, quail and pheasant around for the heck of it.

Gardens

Flower Hill garden

Zone 6a A hill of flower plants--mainly perennial next to the herb bed. Most of these were planted 6+ years ago. Some new are now being added. In the Fa...
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Herb circle garden

Zone 6a Just a small little circle of herbs where they can get full sun.
- 5 plants
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Herb rock garden garden

Zone 6a This is a dedicated herb garden that can service both houses on our property. It has great drainage and full sun light. I started it 6 yr ago whe...
- 23 plants
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Kitchen herb garden

Zone 6a This garden is right outside the Kitchen window. It is mainly herbs we use a lot in cooking, but there is everything you need for a quick salad an...
- 16 plants
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Main vegetable area garden

Zone 6a This is the main gated area that was started by my MIL 30 years ago. I have helped in it over the years. It has changed and evolved. There are b...
- 37 plants
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Medicinal/Dye garden

Zone 6a This is a work in Progress. An area taken over by mint is slowly beginning to share space with dye herbs and medicinals. Some old time plants as ...
- 10 plants
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Orchard garden

Zone 6a I did not start this orchard (MIL did) and I don't know the tree varieties. But it is time to get it under control--it's a jungle out there. I am...
- 8 plants
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Studio garden garden

Zone 6a This garden wraps around the fiber studio attached to the house.
- 14 plants
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Tomato patch garden

Zone 6a This is back at the end of the field. Trying to find as much sun as possible for our shorter season. We will put up a hoop house in the Fall to h...
- 6 plants
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