western australia

A herb garden for campers

@JudyEv (381760)

Rockingham, Australia

October 12, 2022 12:42am CST

At the camping ground where we stayed on Saturday night, there was a campers’ herb garden, at the side of the campers’ kitchen. There is a good-sized fridge, trestles, benches and a barbecue in the kitchen plus a wood fire for warmth. The sign on the garden said ‘Plant’, ‘Harvest’, ‘Water’, ‘Weed’. This is another innovation of the new owners but what a great idea. I can recognise parsley and rosemary but that’s about it. I’m sure some of our gardeners will be able to tell me what the other herbs are.

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@rsa101 (40946)

• Philippines

12 Oct 22

Not familiar with anyone of them. But I am sure I have seen some of the plants there. It is good to have a herb garden where you can use for cooking or medicinal purpose. I think that would be handy whenever you have some illness and you can use some of them to relieve your symptoms.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 22

Every country has its own herbs and spices I guess.

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@rsa101 (40946)

• Philippines

13 Oct 22

@JudyEv Yes we have our own version of that. I am also not familiar with them too. I only know them when someone introduce it to me and tell me what is it used for.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Oct 22

@rsa101 That's about me too. lol I do know about parsley and sometimes use it. Vince mostly uses dried herbs in his cooking.

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@MarieCoyle (59106)

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12 Oct 22

That's a nice touch for a campground. I am friends with a couple who do Work Camping. They travel in their RV and work harvests, or in tourist places, and often are in the same spot for a month or two. They seem to enjoy it. They worked at a tourist harbor in Alaska, a sugar beet harvest, vegetable harvests all over, avocado farms, all kinds of stuff. They said they would do it for a few years and then retire for good.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 22

I would have loved to have done this but we're a bit too old now. We have had friends who have done this.

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@MarieCoyle (59106)

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12 Oct 22

@JudyEv A lot of work to work crop harvests when you are a senior citizen. I think the tourist places might be easier work.

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@ptrikha_2 (49753)

• India

13 Oct 22

Quite an interesting concept! I think one might visit such a Herb Garden just to enjoy it even if one is not traveling that much. Did this came up pretty recently?

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@ptrikha_2 (49753)

• India

13 Oct 22

@JudyEv I think you talked about the community gardens earlier as well !

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Oct 22

Maybe when the new owners took over they established the garden. Some of our towns have community gardens where people can have a little patch of land and grow what they like.

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@LadyDuck (502148)

• Italy

12 Oct 22

I can recognize thyme and the herb with the white flower seems sage to me, small leaves sage.

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@LadyDuck (502148)

• Italy

12 Oct 22

@JudyEv The thyme is on the right to the rosemary and the parsley on the right to the thyme.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 22

@LadyDuck Thanks.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 22

Is that rosemary next to the parsley or is that the thyme?

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@oahuwriter (26773)

• United States

13 Oct 22

Nice, an herb garden to enjoy! I recognize rosemary, but that's it, sorry.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Oct 22

I recognised the parsley so we've 2 out of 4! lol

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Krissttina Isobe

@oahuwriter (26773)

• United States

14 Oct 22

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@Beestring (15373)

• Hong Kong

12 Oct 22

I don't have much knowledge on herbs. But it's nice to have such a garden.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 22

Hopefully campers will be able to make use of the herbs.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

13 Oct 22

If the herb garden looked healthy that shows before you did take care of that garden and I am sure you did it too.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Oct 22

The owners would maintain the garden if it needed it. During the off season they may not get too many campers.

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@averygirl72 (38847)

• Philippines

13 Oct 22

Looks like a good place to hang out. I have never seen an herb garden and I'm not familiar with herbs too

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@averygirl72 (38847)

• Philippines

13 Oct 22

@JudyEv I would love to have an herb garden

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Oct 22

Most people maybe buy dried herbs rather than use fresh ones.

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@RebeccasFarm (91299)

• United States

13 Oct 22

Isn't this very nice, I love the idea.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Oct 22

It's a good idea. It's a bit like something for nothing and gives a good feeling even if you don't need any herbs at the time.

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@Marilynda1225 (91013)

• United States

12 Oct 22

What a great idea!!

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Oct 22

The parsley looked lovely and fresh.

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@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

12 Oct 22

That is a good idea, fresh herbs when needed!

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Oct 22

I'm sure some would take advantage of the herbs, especially if they were staying more than a day or two.

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@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

13 Oct 22

@JudyEv and it looks good, as well!

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@Kandae11 (57233)

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12 Oct 22

I would love that kind of garden.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Oct 22

I thought it was a nice idea. I don't know how many pick herbs from it but I'm sure some do.

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@freelancermariagrace (29342)

• Philippines

13 Oct 22

That’s nice. I wish we have a garden at home

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Oct 22

We only have a very small garden at our own home but we do have a few herbs there.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

12 Oct 22

What a great idea to have the herb garden.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Oct 22

If you're there for more than a few days, I'm sure you'd take advantage of some of the herbs.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

13 Oct 22

@JudyEv My sister always had one at her home.

@shaggin (74988)

• United States

12 Oct 22

That is really neat. I’m such a bad gardener though that I might over water them.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 22

I tend to over-water things too.

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@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)

• China

12 Oct 22

Most of the plants are spices.The plant on the bottom right corner of the photo looks like thyme.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 22

The only one I'm really sure of is the parsley.

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@Juliaacv (56195)

• Canada

12 Oct 22

What a very practical and personal touch to offer to the campers. I recognize some of the plants.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 22

It's a good idea to have a little herb garden for the use of campers.

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@wolfgirl569 (135583)

• Marion, Ohio

12 Oct 22

That is a wonderful idea.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Oct 22

I'm sure it's appreciated by campers.

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@xFiacre (14782)

• Ireland

12 Oct 22

@judyev That’s a really good and generous idea, and it’ll cost the owners next to nothing. Nice touch.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 22

There is a community garden near our 'real' home and that has a herb garden where you are welcome to take whatever herbs you want/need.

@LindaOHio (222222)

• United States

12 Oct 22

What a nice touch. Were you able to use any of the herbs?

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Oct 22

We weren't as we'd just taken some meat to cook on the barbecue.

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