Comments on: Lawn begone! http://www.vert-a-go.com/2008/05/19/lawn-begone/ Finding food that's good for you in Saskatoon and beyond Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:22:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Urban Land Army » Blog Archive » So long, sweet lawn http://www.vert-a-go.com/2008/05/19/lawn-begone/#comment-1530 Urban Land Army » Blog Archive » So long, sweet lawn Wed, 20 May 2009 23:58:29 +0000 http://www.vert-a-go.com/?p=65#comment-1530 [...] project #2: building an herb spiral. Check out the inspiring story in “Lawn begone!” (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part [...] [...] project #2: building an herb spiral. Check out the inspiring story in “Lawn begone!” (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part [...]

]]> By: Sandy http://www.vert-a-go.com/2008/05/19/lawn-begone/#comment-20 Sandy Wed, 21 May 2008 17:38:22 +0000 http://www.vert-a-go.com/?p=65#comment-20 It looks great! We didn't put in gravel for drainage--maybe we should have, I don't know. The one thing we did need to adapt later was add pieces of edging every few feet because it was eroding when we watered. I think this wouldn't be such a problem with a pre-formed mound? As for sun, if you have 6 hours a day, that should be good. Doesn't have to be full-blast--most veggies and herbs can grow with that amount each day. EXCITING! It looks great! We didn’t put in gravel for drainage–maybe we should have, I don’t know. The one thing we did need to adapt later was add pieces of edging every few feet because it was eroding when we watered. I think this wouldn’t be such a problem with a pre-formed mound? As for sun, if you have 6 hours a day, that should be good. Doesn’t have to be full-blast–most veggies and herbs can grow with that amount each day.

EXCITING!

]]> By: Susan http://www.vert-a-go.com/2008/05/19/lawn-begone/#comment-19 Susan Tue, 20 May 2008 02:26:41 +0000 http://www.vert-a-go.com/?p=65#comment-19 Oh, that's a good idea. I would have built, then filled, too. That one looks really nice; I'd seen it before. I think that we might make ours a bit bigger but not quite so tall, although I did read that they shouldn't be more than 1.5m across. Did you put gravel or anything at the bottom for drainage or just start with dirt? I need to phone the Saskatoon Cyclones Road and Track Club; they are fundraising by selling composted manure. I really need something to add to that dreadful soil where the grass was. I am a little concerned still about the amount of sunlight at the front; it cannot be called full-sun, so I am not sure how some herbs will do there. Sounds like parsley would be ok but I am not entirely sure how everything else will do. Well, we can but try! I guess if it starts looking really pathetic I'll dig it up and stick it back in a pot at the back. Oh, that’s a good idea. I would have built, then filled, too. That one looks really nice; I’d seen it before. I think that we might make ours a bit bigger but not quite so tall, although I did read that they shouldn’t be more than 1.5m across. Did you put gravel or anything at the bottom for drainage or just start with dirt? I need to phone the Saskatoon Cyclones Road and Track Club; they are fundraising by selling composted manure. I really need something to add to that dreadful soil where the grass was.

I am a little concerned still about the amount of sunlight at the front; it cannot be called full-sun, so I am not sure how some herbs will do there. Sounds like parsley would be ok but I am not entirely sure how everything else will do. Well, we can but try! I guess if it starts looking really pathetic I’ll dig it up and stick it back in a pot at the back.

]]> By: Sandy http://www.vert-a-go.com/2008/05/19/lawn-begone/#comment-18 Sandy Mon, 19 May 2008 15:49:24 +0000 http://www.vert-a-go.com/?p=65#comment-18 Well done! It does my heart good to see sod stacked in a pile. Definitely do the herb spiral with round rocks! We did ours with stackable rocks/concrete because that's just what we had kicking around (we stacked them/built the spiral first and filled in the dirt afterward, but that's a bit backwards.) Typically you just create a mound of dirt and put the rocks on afterward, so they don't have to stack on top of one another necessarily - they just get pressed into the dirt, leaning inward, and bumping up against each other. You could also make one in the tradition of a stone fence, using misshapen and different sized stones. Here is a cool picture of one like that: http://www.gardeningtipsnideas.com/2007/05/how_to_make_a_herb_spiral.html Good fun! I can't wait to see what you do... Well done! It does my heart good to see sod stacked in a pile.

Definitely do the herb spiral with round rocks! We did ours with stackable rocks/concrete because that’s just what we had kicking around (we stacked them/built the spiral first and filled in the dirt afterward, but that’s a bit backwards.) Typically you just create a mound of dirt and put the rocks on afterward, so they don’t have to stack on top of one another necessarily - they just get pressed into the dirt, leaning inward, and bumping up against each other. You could also make one in the tradition of a stone fence, using misshapen and different sized stones. Here is a cool picture of one like that: http://www.gardeningtipsnideas.com/2007/05/how_to_make_a_herb_spiral.html

Good fun! I can’t wait to see what you do…

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