I got this recipe for a liquid fertilizer from the permaculture course we did at the Durban Botanic Gardens. Take a bucket of water and soak green leaves (I used comfrey) in it for a couple of days. The resulting mixture is supposedly rich in nutrients that plants can easily absorbed. I’ve added it to my sad looking fever tree and will report back as to its health in a week or two.
Seed saving
This year, from our very small and very new permaculture garden, we have managed to save seeds from beans, lettuce and spinach. There is a great post on Fennel and Fern, with some beautiful photographs, about saving seed to sow the following season. Click here to read …