Making a mint...

• Lots of propogation happening in the polytunnel yesterday. I love taking cuttings and still find it magical that a new plant grows from a snippet of stalk and a few leaves.  You'll be pleased to know that no  chemical rooting hormones  are ever used on my herb cuttings but I have just read an interesting article about making your own homemade rooting compound from a kind of willow tea.  This is something I'll have to experiment with and I'll keep you posted...

Prepared spearmint cuttings

Spearmint cuttings "planted"

Here's some I "made" earllier: well rooted spearmint cuttings, ready to pot on.