Comments on: What is a Herbal Ley??

By: admin

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:13:28 +0000

Hi Milagros, Thank you for the comment and I hope you enjoy your return visit. Kind words are gratefully accepted:)

By: admin

admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:02:04 +0000

HI Simon
Thank you for the kind words. I don’t know where you are in NZ, but look in the yellow pages or ask at RD1 or PG Wrightsons for a local seed merchant. They should be able to make you up a mix.

I brought my herbal ley seed from Kings seeds, they have a web site and you can buy from there, it is a great mix, huge variety of plants, herbs, root crops and clovers I think there is about 30 varieties in there
and it will self seed for years to come.

There is two sizes depending upon the size of your area, I would go for this mix, as occasionally the seed merchants are reluctant to add herbs, wild flowers, they like to sell just plain old clover!!

As for the garlic, I grow an heirloom called ‘Takahue’ and I was given a bulb last season and I have to say it’s THE best flavour I have ever tasted.

I inter-plant my garlic around my strawberries in the security of my kitchen garden, it’s too precious to let animals get a hold of it (they do try!!:))

So, it depends who you want to eat your garlic, but it’s getting a little late in the season to plant it now. Traditionally garlic is planted on the shortest day and harvested on the longest day, but often you can plant up to a month later and harvested up to a month later.

I hope this helps. good Luck and let us know how you get on.

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:57:24 +0000

great article, but do you have any leads as to were I could buy herbs seeds in bulk to make planting a herbal ley cost effective ?

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:35:20 +0000

Do you have any tips for getting a herbal ley established in existing pasture? Cheers.

By: Suzi

Suzi — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:10:17 +0000

Oh!! yes, i believe i forgot to mention that, the weed problem that is, choose your mix wisely. I have animals that will eat my herbal ley and this should help with any potential weed problem. I have also chosen things that will re-generate but not compete with other things. A fine balance is required.