Dig some holes in your garden add shredded paper and banana peals go to bait store and buy some worms throw in hole and in a few weeks you'll have 10 times the worms and alls they do is shit and eat, eat and shit
composting made easy.
I started the herb bed two years ago in a spot where we cut down our first tree on the property. It was an old, dying Douglas Fir that was in need of coming down so it wouldn't fall over on someone. We took up the grass around it and I tilled the soil and put in some herbs. They are doing all right. I will post a pic later in the season as the herbs that die off for the winter ged bigger.