Maintenance

If you are picking leaves regularly for use in remedies, there is little other maintenance required, apart from an occasional watering and a bit of weeding to keep things in check. Once your medicinal garden gets properly established, it’ll need a spring tidy-up. I always think it’s best to leave any cutting back of perennial plants until the following spring – that way, you’ll have collected all the autumn seeds you need, the birds will have eaten the rest and you’ll enjoy seeing the frost-covered stems during the long, cold days of winter.