Making the Herb Garden 
roots are kept cool with a mulch of grass clip- 
pings or peat moss through the hot weather. 
Rose bushes, fruiting shrubs or small trees may 
be set out to shade these special plants. Perhaps 
a separate bed can be made for them on the north 
side of the house where shadows predominate. 
It is more difficult to accomodate the sun- 
loving herbs in a sunless garden than to simulate 
shady areas in the open. If no spot under the sun 
can be found for the half dozen or more indis- 
pensable seasoning plants, they might be grown 
in strawberry barrels, pots or window boxes on 
a bright terrace or porch. But in planning the 
herb garden, we are not considering such make- 
shifts because,happily,most gardeners have at 
least a small space which is well suited to 
making the herb garden. 
The first year,there 1s not too much to do 
to prepare the soil for planting herbs. The beds 
should be deeply spaded and all the clods broken 
up by raking. Do noi dig in any manure or fert- 
tlizer! Few situations have too poor earth to 
support an herb garden. Any enrichment of ordinary 
loam will encourage an excess of foliage with a 
resulting loss of flavor in the leaves and seeds. 
In the following year, it may be necessary to 
divide and shift the hardy perennials with spread- 
ing root stocks. This will keep them from exhaust- 
ing the soil in any one bed. Chives and Leeks 
to be used for cooking,should be grown in the 
