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PATHS THROUGH THE HERB GARDEN

Herringbone

YOU WILL NEED

builder’s square

brick-laying trowel

spirit level

lump hammer

lines (strings and sticks)

At the most basic level, a path is for access and to ensure that as little of the growing area as possible is damaged by people walking over it.

In a small herb patch a path may not be necessary: you may be able to reach the centre easily and weed, plant, water, mulch and harvest without having to step onto the soil at any point. If you cannot work the herb garden in this way, then you need to lay a path of some sort. The simplest pathway is made by placing stepping stones across a square-shaped bed to divide it into quarters. In a circular bed, arrange the stepping stones as an inner circle a convenient distance in from the edge.

In a large herb garden, the path may provide the main route from kitchen to compost heap, and must therefore be suited to heavier use. Such paths become integral features of the herb garden as they weather and plants grow to soften the hard edges.