The bay tree is a “Baby Bay” variety and also kept dwarf by the pot size – otherwise it would be a full-blown laurel tree and 7 metres tall. Bay leaves for soup and stews.

The parsley is all over the yard and I let it grow wherever it chooses. In summer I grow tomatoes in the pots too. We just soak cracked wheat (bourghal) and have our own tabouli garden.

The cornflower is still a seedling at the back, but in a few weeks it will (hopefully) be around 60cm or so high with bright blue flowers. It is edible, but used more for interesting contrast in salads, rather than something you would go out of your way to pick and eat.

The green pot is growing Eu De Cologne mint, which CAN be brewed into a tea, but I prefer the peppermint and spearmint that I have growing in similar pots next to it. In baths, however, or even just crushed and rubbed on the skin, nothing can beat the fabulous fragrance. If you were a child of 1970s Australia and remember 4711 Ice Cologne …. it captures that smell very nicely.