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A SOS to any green thumbs out there
I have always found gardening to be therapeutic and it has given me great joy. However, after a major crisis with Mr Darcy's health I have not had been able to get back into it. Have other gardeners suffered from a similar hiatus and how have you recovered and got going again?
Darcy
PS have a spot that needs filling any recommendations for a 1m high cool climate white flower plant?
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TimeSenior Contributor
@ Darcy
I like growing everything but my passion is vegatables new potatoes, capsicums, lettuce, broad beans, love herbs to. Currently have rosemary, garlic chives, sage, thyme, and oregarno, mint, however im not successful with Basil not sure why ?
I have lots of strawberrys, and 8 fruit trees. Have apple, apricot, lemon, necturine & black cherry I live on a several acreas. Lots of wind here also. I have a hothouse which has seen better days but it always seems to last another year, which of course make me happy. last but not least I have 2 beautiful border collies Deziel and Red, & 5 chooks 1 roster lol. Ill take some pics of my little garden and post at some stage.
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@Smc didn't look close enough at the label but there was a yellow tomato at nursery. Hoping it is a cherry tomato as our growing season short.
@Time have you grown basil with tomatoes? I believe they like the same conditions.
I have chooks too - found a hidden nest in our hay recently - 25 eggs.
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SmcSenior Contributor
@Former-Member, we've got a short seaso here too. Sometimes they're just starting to fruit when the frost hits them. My photo was from one of my more sucessful years. 
@Time, I've got one single chook at the moment, but when she's laying, she gives us enough eggs to get by. I'd like to get a few more, both for company for her, and for "weed processing". She's very good at turning them into good soil. 🙂 We also have a few rabbits and guinea pigs that are also good at turning garden waste into fertiliser pellets. And they're cuddly and friendly.
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Unknown userMember
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I have some white tulips in flower.
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Good morning @eudemonism
Hyssop is a plant I would love to grow too. It is on the list of bee attracting plants and can be bought as seeds (now is the time to plant them) from:
https://www.succeedheirlooms.com.au/beneficial-flower-seed/hyssop.html
as a plant from
https://greenpatchseeds.com.au/hyssop-plants.html#fndtn-product_info
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PS @eudemonism
As these are mail order companies, there may be quarantine restrictions that are either self or state imposed. If I remember rightly you are a croweater and think I saw on one site SA was ok - easily checked with a phone call.
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eudemonismSenior Contributor
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eudemonismSenior Contributor
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@eudemonism
I have never seen hyssop at a nursery - it is mainly available through places that sell heirloom plants (generally online).
Now is a good time to plant parsley. (In fact all the herbs you mentioned). Curly leaf parsley is much smaller plant than the flat leaf continental variety. - something to think about in rely to the space you have.
Mint can take over a garden so is best kept in a pot.
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