![]() Both the young leaves and flowers of the borage plant are edible and nutritious.Borage also produces an abundance of flowers that attract pollinators to the area, which includes my apple tree.During the growing season, these leaves are cut from the plant and laid on the ground to act as a “green” mulch. Borage is a reseeding annual that produces large amounts of nitrogen-rich leaves.Here are some examples of those herbal functions with the annual herb, borage: Each herb performs multiple functions, and all the plants together create a growing area that is sustainable. This relationship between plants (and even plants and people) is called “stacking functions”.įor example, the apple trees in my yard are all planted with groups of perennial and annual herbs (along with other plants). One way to achieve sustainability in garden design is to group plants in a way that enables each plant to help the others. Annual plants are also used in appropriate ways to create garden systems that can essentially take care of themselves. Permaculture is a particular kind of design that involves using perennial plants to create permanent agriculture (the origin of the word permaculture), or more simply put, sustainable gardens. Stacking Functions – a Permaculture Perspective on Herb Placement If you’re a new gardener and/or new to growing herbs, take your time and don’t rush yourself. (Keep reading for a downloadable worksheet to make this brainstorming easier.) You also may discover that you already have a preference for one design option over another as you brainstorm. You may not know everything you will eventually know about herbs and design, but you know more than you think you do. Flip the paper and write down the pros and cons of having a dedicated wellness herb space.Write the pros and cons of integrating your medicinal herbs into your existing gardens on one side of your paper.If you’d like to start weighing your options for design, GET A PEN AND PAPER, and do the following: In fact, you may not decide that for quite some time, and that’s ok! Herb Garden Design Options Exercise: You don’t have to know which option you’d like to go with right now. ![]() ![]()
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