Herbal Sherbal.....and meet my new child

This is so easy:

Step 1: Collect every garden pot you can find
Step 2: Collect any other piece of rubbish lying around
Step 3: Paint it whatever colour makes you happy
Step 4: Fill pots with sand/gravel/soil
Step 5: Plant your herbs and enjoy

But why in pots?

Reason 1:  You eat the stuff and this prevents the dogs peeing on it
Reason 2:  You can move them around if a specific herb does not like sun or would rather be shady
Reason 3:  You save water as you only have to water the pots and not a whole bed
Reason 4:  It cleans up your garden/shed/garage by putting all orphan pots and pieces of interesting rubbish in one place
Reason 5: It looks lovely, and you can change the colour of the paint when your mood changes

And here is my new little baby - his/her name is Drop-Zone. He is such an active little bugger, no wonder he fell from his nest. I am sure many of you have tried to feed a little forsaken dove - it is not easy. And it is even worse when your mouth is paralysed on the one side like mine.

Let me explain: I take a spoon full of baby porridge in my mouth (Nestum maize, no sugar, just water - uggghh). Then I pretend to be a mommy dove by flapping my arms (by the way, I am over 50 so I have flapping arms anyway), making what I think is dove noises and then putting this poor soul's beak into my mouth.

He is quite sharp and have worked out that if he sits with his head in this dark hole with his beak open - some food will get pushed down his throat. The problem is that half the porridge goes into his crop, and the other half not only dribbles out of my mouth on the lame side, but also cover his little head with a white, grainy coat of porridge. So it is feed one, wipe one, feed one, wipe one. (he refuses to wear the bibs that I made him).

Eye and feathers stuck together - but mommy will clean me just now

Thank you for all the comments and tips - I will be publishing them soon so everyone can benefit. Here are some of the upside-down comments from yesterday's blog:

Zet

Sjoe maar julle het gewerk!!! Alles lyk so oulik. Dis nou net jy wat so iets sal aan dink. Ons sal groente by jou koop. As jy butternut het vat ek n hele sak.Laat weet as die groente reg is en neem fotos van dit –as jy bottles nodig het laat weet-ek dink jy is nou moeg vir bottles!

Ek dink die lekkerste is as mens sien hoe die groente groei. Davi is seker baie in sy noppies. Se vir hom ek se baie geluk dit lyk ammmaaazzzzing!!! Hy gaan lekker pampoenkoekies en pampoentert maak. O ja en nog pampoensop.

 Liefde en sterkte-onthou om met die groente te praat….

Ananda Gush

 

 

Awesome !!

 

Love the use of the old plastic bottles to grow stuff in & learnt something new in that, you can grow stuff upside down J

Probably how my armpit hair manages to survive but never quite figured you could get plants to do that 2

Inspiring read, thanks for sharing J

Colin Deacon

 

 

Anelda wrote: "Welcome back Zetta! Love ..just love reading your blogs."

 

 

Mirilene wrote: "Heeehaaa! She is back! Yaaaay!"

 

 

Please continue to send me comments, tips and saving advise. Tomorrow's post will have some cost effective meals, as well as a story about "The tragic live and death of a dishcloth"

 

Lovies

Lizette