I’m a pragmatic gardener. If I can’t eat it/cook with it/use it as a herbal remedy, I generally won’t bother growing it. I’m also in a rental so most of my plants are in pots so I can take them with me. My previous rental already had an awesome garden with a rose bed and all, the house I’m in now has some tatty lawn, a gum tree and a stunted looking hibiscus stuck in the corner.
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| View from my back step. This is my backyard. To the right is a shed and carport. To the left is a gum tree and stunted hibiscus. That blue thing beyond the Hills Hoist is my compost bin. |
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Lemongrass This is a recent purchase, just potted out this evening. Anyone know the best way to harvest it without killing the whole plant? Or is that impossible? |
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Aloe Vera This poor Aloe has been through so much. It was growing in a hanging basket at the old house and mostly dead, so I cut part out of it and put it in a tiny pot, where it greened up a bit. Then I put it in a larger pot so it was happier. Over Summer it went kinda brown again but since I’ve been tending it closely again it’s bounced back. This is an unkillable plant. |
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Garlic Chives This recently flowered and set seed. I cut the seed heads off today and put them in the garden bed, if they grow, they grow. This one took a while to take off but is now growing great. |
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the First Basil For my birthday last year I got a pot with a cherry tomato in the middle and about 6 basil plants around it. I quickly separated them into a few pots and they promptly grew (and flowered). This pot actually had the tomato in the middle, but that’s had it’s Summer so I removed it. Should I continue to prune the flowers off? Whever I do they just grow back again within about a week. |
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Oregano and Marjoram The oregano has been going a bit mad and I had to give it a good hacking to make space for the marjoram, which was planted today. The last marjoram died over Christmas when it didn’t get watered for 4 days, this one should do better. |
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More basil Purple and curly type. Also flowering madly. |
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The Last Basil More of the same. I wish nuts weren’t so expensive, or I’d make a heap of pesto. |
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Rosemary This took forever to take off but now it’s doing splendidly. |
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What! ANOTHER Basil? This basil is about 8 months older than the others and is also flowering like there’s no tomorrow. It started off as such a little plant and now it’s a small tree. |
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Mint I’m glad I have this in a pot or else it would take over the garden. It’s getting cold again now so it’s not looking as good as it could. |
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Kaffir Lime I had to stop myself plucking leaves off this to smell. I got this at the same time as the lemon. Anyone know if I can use the fruit in cooking? I know I can use the leaves. |
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Coriander Another one potted today. Hopefully this one gives me some leaves I can actually use. |
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Thyme & Savory These two are going crazy. Once I get my own house these will probably become ground covers. |
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Sage This goes to an ugly dead looking thing in Winter. In Summer it gives me profuse leaves. |
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Catnip Another one that dies off in the Winter. Pity the cats don’t react to it at all. |
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Italian Parsley Another one just planted. My previous parsley is just flowering now and not producing any leaves. |
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Dill It still has some green bits so I hold some hope. Do you think it will come back? This is the third dill plant I’ve lost. |
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Rocket Finally I don’t have to worry about my leafy greens going soggy in the fridge. Another of today’s batch. |
