- Chamomile
- Anise Hyssop
- Chocolate mint (check)
- A clove tree
- Yarrow
- Bergamot
- Rosemary
- Marjoram
- Sweet Woodruff
- Rose hips
- Sage
- Lemon Verbeena
First I needed some cheap pots and a trip to Dapto markets saw me come home with about 15 great big pots for $20. All in great condition but still second hand - awesome.
I had a bush basil and Rose Geranium plant that I had taken cuttings of about two months and they have been sitting in seedling mix in the green house until about a week ago - the roots have developed and they have now beed transplanted into the pots. Prepared in a no-dig kind of way to fill them up with lots of nutrients. The bush basil is a native and its sharing a long container pot with the rosemary, so hopefully they can be friends. Continental parsley and dill together so both combinations I am not sure about their companionability but we'll see. Mint & Roma Berry tomatoes planted into pots (no-dig style with lots of leaves and sticks at teh bottom for drainage, then lucerne, manure pellets, watered in with molassus. Topped with compost and dried grass clippings as mulch.
Las Padres have two big pots that have basil growing (great guns but not as deep green as it should be) as well as a pot that has had tomatoes and radish growing alternatively in it since time begun with I am sure no additions to the soil. Half rotted compost (about 4 months old) added to both and now the radishes have all been harvested the sugarsnap peas will go in next and then by the time they return they can put their tomatoes back in, with some Marigolds to surround.
Seasol over everything yesterday after the big potting out.
Recent purchases: Curry tree, pennywort & chocolate mint and a native Rose Myrtle (Archirhodomyrtus beckleri) which has really pretty flowers and an edible fruit - it's supposed to be quite sour though good for making jam. Just have to figure out where to put it!
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