Stage 4 - The Plants

The 4th and final stage is plants. Since our purpose is to make our garden into an edible one, plants will equate to herbs,vegetables, etc. Our neighbour, Aunty Kan, has green fingers and we will be looking to her for lots of help and advice.

What we already have are...

1. aloe vera - growing well in a pot with lots of little one sprouting.
2. curry leaves - the tree is truly amazing how it propagates. Our tree is not doing well, infested with white stuff, and sick leaves. The curry smell is hardly noticeable.
3. indian borage - mum gave us this coz she knew we couldnt grow anything. This truly is an indestructible plant. Supposed to be good for coughs. 
4. thulasi (Holy Basil) - we have the purplish variety which is supposed to be really good for you. My late Aunty Jessie told me to eat 3 leaves a day, do it for a couple of weeks, then stop for a few weeks. Basically don't eat it continuously.
5.  blue flower creeper - not sure of the name. it's doing really well. we have to cut it back every other week as it takes smothers everything in its path. the blue flowers are used to make blue rice.
6. bamboo - we cant really eat it, but its great for building natural support and structures. I use it in my aquarium as hiding places for the fish and shrimp.

We want this list to grow... fingers crossed. Hopefully I can occasionally update the status of these plants.