Love, bubs and life on our little farm

I have been loving the big planter boxes that Jase built in our laundry courtyard when we paved it. One box contains the beginnings of a country garden that I am doing in layers of plants of different heights - next layer to buy is lavenders.

But the other box is my herb garden. They all started as teeny herbs last year and we nursed them through a few scorching Summer months. They are now enjoying the very wet couple of weeks we have had and are growing beautifully. I love wandering through in the afternoons after feeding the chickens and grabbing handfuls of herbs to throw into dinner. Elka loves to pick the leaves and smell them - we have grown lemon basil and pineapple sage specifically for her to enjoy. Jase also has built seating edging around the boxes so that we can sit or rest the washing baskets when hanging out the washing on the line, very handy!

I have a few more herbs yet to get - we need a sage plant as we make a fantastic sage and pumpkin pasta. But its a great little addition to what was an empty courtyard.