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August 26, 2010

My herb garden now has a few new additions. A friend bought some plants off Trade Me and I put in a request for these with her order since they weren't ones I had thought of adding until now (I haven't read up on all their properties just yet either)...but the opportunity arose and all that.... Several of them don't look like much since they are dormant at this time of year (all are apparently hardy perennials), but I can see new growth beginning to pop through.

Lady's mantle
Goldenrod
Marshmallow
St Johns Wort
Yarrow

I have finally got my front herb/cottage garden planted to maximum capacity - so these plants were added in the lower garden with the comfrey and nettles. Although,I have been thinking of cutting into more of the grassed area to expand it and just end up with a rambling path going through it...

I also bought a punnet of Calendulas today and popped them all around both gardens too.

2 comments:

Sharonnz said...

Ooooooh...M10 is VERY keen on growing marshmellow to make her potions with. Would love to try St Johns too.

Nik said...

Sha, LMK if you want the TM contact as she is Wgtn based (over Brooklyn way I think) - reasonable prices too.