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- From: judy@nepac.ucsd.edu (jgaukel)
- Newsgroups: rec.gardens
- Subject: Help! They've got me by the roots!
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 23:00:30 GMT
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- X-XXDate: Tue, 26 Jan 93 15:00:35 GMT
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- Ok folks, I'm quite a beginner at this, but a year ago I planted a
- wonderful herb
- garden that was very useful... being a neophyte, I didn't put down any
- "barriers" between
- plants... well, I had to go away for 3 months, and nobody
- looked after those herbs, and it is - well, just this side of disaster.
-
- So I want to re-do the herb garden, and would like suggestions such as,
- - How the HECK do I get those old herbs out? They are REALLY dug in,
- not to mention
- all inter-grown to each other.
- - What kind of dividers do you recommend? Redwood? Cedar? How deep do
- they have
- to go?
- - Any no-no's as far as one herb living next door to another?
- - Are herbs hard on the soil - do I need to do something once I start
- with a clean
- slate again?
- - Is there any way to "save" and transplant parts of the existing tangle?
-
- Thanks! (heeeellllp!!!!) I didn't know roots could BE that strong!!!
-