Don't laugh, but I actually used a patio umbrella for my small herb garden. I kid you not! Depending on the size of your herb garden this may or may not work for you.

I placed a patio umbrella next to the herb garden after I did a transplant during hot weather. This helped shade the plants during the hottest part of the day, but still allowed them to get morning and late afternoon light.

The burlap idea would probably work out if you can keep the burlap from coming down. I know it's a bit heavy and may require quite a bit of stakes.

lali

Hi Lali,

The burlap is being put on stakes. Here most of my neighbors have burlap on stakes for their veggie gardens. I like the Patio umbrella idea too.... Maybe I could give it a try... Wonder y I did not think of it..:)

For my herb garden I put my herbs in a nine hole herb pot. I really dont know how to use the herbs but I love their fragrance and so I put in (2)spicy globe basil, cinnamon basil, sweet marjoram, oregano, lavender, rosemary, origanum vulg. Italian, purple basil. I wanted to put Holy basil plants on the top of the pot but as i did not get any i put sweet potato vine instead:)

Padma