Welcome to The Herb Cottage

The Herb Cottage Nursery

is a rural nursery in Lavaca County, TX. I focus on herb plants of all kinds, seasonal vegetable seedlings and a great and varied selection of succulents and cacti. We are one of only a handful of nurseries selling Olive Trees in the area.

I use organic practices for growing all my healthy and nutritional plants. No chemical fertilizer, herbicides or pesticides are ever used. I use no GMO seeds and only buy seeds from reputable sources.

I love to talk herbs and gardening so stop on in and browse the plant selection, be entertained by the guinea fowl, watch the fish in the water garden and TALK PLANTS!

The Seed Selection on hand at the Nursery will fulfill many of your needs. You can view the selection in the Seed Section of the website. I carry coir, a sterile potting ingredient, and I have my own potting mix for seed starting or containers. There is also a selection of Organic Fertilizers for sale: Garden-Ville Sea Tea, Medina Hasta-Gro as well as granular soil amendments. All organic, all natural.

The Herb Cottage Website

is your source for information about herb growing and gardening, with an emphasis on growing and gardening in the humid south where winters are mild and summers are very hot and humid with the occasional hurricane or drenching rain. As with many parts of the country, the weather seems to have become more extreme, and as gardeners, we have to learn to do our best to cope with the weather. We sure can't change it!!

There's a new on-line organic gardening publication called The Organic Gardening and Farming Magazine. You can find articles written by me and lots of other gardening gurus from around the globe. There are articles on gardening, herbs, soil, propagating, plants, trees and more.You can check it out here.

I am now writing a weekly blog for The Herb Companion Magazine on Herb Gardening in Texas. Click on the Section: In The Herb Garden, and you'll find my blog.

If you're a Texas herb gardener, I hope this blog will help you with the challenges of gardening with herbs in the great state of Texas.

I'd love to read your comments, especially from other parts of Texas or other locations along the Gulf Coast. Let's Blog, herbies!!

To follow my comings and goings at Farmers' Markets, Herb Shows, presentations and workshops at local nurseries, please visit the Schedule Page.

For a current listing of what is available weekly from The Herb Cottage at Markets or at the Farm, please visit the Availability Page.

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If you are a Market Gardener in the South Central Texas/Houston area and would like to find someone to grow vegetable seedlings for you, please contact me. I can grow any type of vegetable seedling you might need. Contact me to discuss pricing, seed acquision- you purchase seed and get it to me, or I purchase the type of seed you'd like- , timing and more. References available.

This was Helmut, my Rooster Greeter. He lived in a pen because his eyesight wasn't good. I was afraid he'd be lost if I let him out. He was quite happy in his 2 story condo, especially when visitors arrived. Wasn't he a beauty?

One morning I realized I hadn't heard Helmut crowing and cackling from his pen. I looked inside, and he wasn't there. I couldn't believe it. Then, I inspected his pen and noticed the wire at the bottom had been pulled up. There were feathers around the area. I think a raccoon got in and took Helmut.

Helmut had a good life livening up my little nursery, keeping me company when I worked with the plants. I miss him, his antics and his crowing, cackling and whistling.

May he Rest in Peace.
5/3/2010