Don showed how to transform a sunny spot in the lawn into a culinary herb wheel. Although some of the herbs will die down in winter, the wheel will still look good because of its geometric structure.
What to do
- Choose a sunny spot for your wheel, because herbs need sunshine to grow well. Position your wheel so it will look in perfect balance with the rest of the garden. Put a timber peg in the centre of your wheel.
- Hammer a nail into the peg, so you can attach a tape measure to the nail.
- Our wheel is 2m diameter, so we extended the tape 1m and walked in a circle, using marking spray to create a perfect circle for our wheel.
- Using a sharp spade, cut along the edge of the circle. Make sure you remove all turf runners and roots, to stop grass coming up through the wheel.
- After you have removed all the turf, go around the edge of the wheel with a spade to make sure the edge is crisp and well defined. Fork over the soil to remove any clods.
- Calculate the area of your circle, then divide this by the number of segments you need. We divided by six. Peg out the segments on the circumference of the circle.
- Dig a hole in the centre of the wheel for the terracotta pipe/pot, then place the pot, using a spirit level to get it perfectly upright.
- Fork in some well-rotted manure (Don used stable manure) or compost to enrich the soil prior to planting.
- We planted