Spiral Herb Garden Design.avi

Dean Chichelli from The Nature Learning Center shows how to build a Spiral Herb Garden. For detailed instructions on how to build a Spiral Herb Garden, visit The Nature Learning Center Blog at thenaturelearningcenter.com/blog

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• The Nature Learning Center
• Spiral Herb Garden
• ecological design
• education
• sustainable garden
• how to
• sustainable landscape design
• growing in straw
• environmental education
• diy

[sapodotroposo]

Nice work! Is the meat and fruit under the cardboard intended to attract worms and other bugs?

[naturelearningcenter]

There is no meat involved in this process. Only Fruits and Vegetables. The Fruit and Vegetables are used to break down into compost to give nutrients to the roots of the plants in the spiral garden. The cardboard also breaks down into mulch for the roots. The cardboard and wood chip mulch help keep the weeds out of the spiral.

[WillBakerMorrison]

Hey,

why is it you use straw as the base, rather than just compost?

I understand it will break down eventually and give good drainage.

Is it climate specific?

[malayrojak]

@naturelearningcenter

Dean,

I gotta say I envy the view you have in your backyard.

Thanks for sharing! :)

Cheers.

[shryner14]

@sapodotroposo thanks. north county san diego - amy

[shryner14]

@alaji5321 thank you so much!

[shryner14]

@rustydog1236 this in amy and this is in my back yard. yay! we will be posting some more photos very soon. the basil is off the charts awesome and a rouge tomato bush has grown from underneath producing more tomatoes than any of of our other tomato plants at the moment. peppers, parsley, rosemary, and lemon grass are thriving. dean will be able to give a more detailed description since he is the legit green thumb around here.

:)

[iKickHobbits]

One thing that I noticed is that you used cardboard boxes that had some ink logos and whatnot. I would think that over time as they decompose they would put some heavy metals into your soil. But seeing as how you have hay between them I dont forsee that affecting your herbs.

Nice job on the garden too! I think i might try to find some urbanite and make one later on this year/next.

[rustydog1236]

Looks nice when you made the video: What does it look like now and a year or so from now? Seems to me the straw will have compacted and sunk a LOT. Why not just fill the void with soil/compost mixture. Also, I would have installed a sprinkler on top or at least a drip hose up the 'ramp'. Nice idea though.

[alaji5321]

this was just an outstanding performance of love for gardening. i like

[sapodotroposo]

and what is your aproximate location? AMAZING view!!