Nicole Johnsey BurkeFounder of Gardenary

The best hack for an easier garden? Plant perennials that last for years🥦🫑#garden #herbs #plants

3 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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Short YouTube monologue by Nicole Johnsey Burke recommending perennial herbs to make vegetable gardening easier. The speaker lists several perennial herbs—oregano, sage, rosemary, and lemon balm—describes personal experiences (e.g., planting oregano three years ago and harvesting weekly), and gives practical warnings (lemon balm is aggressive and should not be placed in raised beds).

Questions this video answers

Three years ago (planted as tiny plants).

Every single week.

Every single night.

Chapters

What if you could plant once and harvest for many years to come? Well, you can. Let me give you five perennials that you should add to your vegetable garden right away. Oregano. I planted these as tiny plants three years ago, and I cut from these plants every single week. Stage these plants double in size every single year so I can make homegrown sage tea every single night. Rosemary. The best natural antidepressant there is. Snips of this plant literally got me through grad school time. You only need one little plant you can harvest every single week, and it'll come back year after year. And last but not least, lemon balm. But do not put this plant in your raised beds, because you can't only not kill it, you can hardly control it.

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