Herb Gardens

My grandmother has had beautiful gardens at all of her houses that I have visited.  Her project this summer is a potted herb garden.  When I arrived for our visit, I was informed within 24 hours that she needed to go to the Nursery to pick up Dill.  We went to Planted Earth, just outside of Aspen and she scoured the herb selection triumphant upon finding dill, and momentarily defeated to not find Tarragon (don't worry, they will call her when its in).

She has arranged her herbs in three large pots on the patio and in small earth plots under her trellis.  The patio is directly out of the kitchen, so as her plants mature it will be very easy for her to snip some fresh herbs to complete her dishes.

We planted Basil last year and harvested it several times.  Basil can be harvested down to only a couple inches above the ground, and should be harvested before it goes to bloom (the taste changes then).  We would put basil leaves in salad, on pizza, and make delicious pesto.  Who doesn't love fresh pesto all summer long?

Additionally, herbs are beautiful plants that do have gorgeous flowers.  As a thank you for her hospitality (and being awesome and being awesome with training puppy Mona) I gave Granma a blooming lavender plant.  While on her patio table now, she is already planning where she will plant it so that it can grow even more.