Plant list

Herbs bought in Tesco today which I could have had growing in the garden by now:

Coriandrum sativum (coriander)

Allium schoenoprasum (chives)

Petroselinum crispum (parsley)

Weeds/plants in wrong place pulled up and composted in half an hour between dinner and bathtime:

Leucanthemum vulgare (ox-eye daisy)

Calendula officinalis (pot marigold)

Epilobium angustifolium (bose ray hillow werb as we used to amusingly call it)

Digitalis purpurea (foxglove, no little man, don't touch that one)

Taraxacum officinale (dandelion - fed to chickens)

Rumex obtusifolius (broad-leaved dock)

Rubus fruticosus (bramble)

Urtica dioica (nettle, hiding in undergrowth, ouch)

Cardamine hirsuta (hairy bittercress)

Ranunculus rapens (creeping buttercup)

Origanum majorana (marjoram)

Alchemilla mollis (lady's mantle)

Now some clever person's probably going to come along and tell me I could have made a week's worth of meals out of all that.

Plants that approached little man's mouth:

Strawberry flowers (tried to discourage him; I would obviously prefer that they survive to become strawberries)

Pot marigold petals (obviously look edible, and they are, but I have to get him to learn that he can't put any old flower or leaf in his mouth without mummy's say so until he's old enough to learn what is edible and what isn't)

Unripe blackcurrants (probably do him no harm but ditto the reasoning above)

Area of garden weeded: About 3%.

Satisfaction level: 90%

Chickens currently roaming garden: 3

Eggs collected today: 1 (a Matilda egg from the size of it)

Interesting new fact about chickens: they like rice cakes.