We also had crazy weather and severe flooding here in the south of South Africa about 6 weeks ago - caused a lot of devastation. And now parts of Europe are suffering from extreme heat. Seems we (people) have managed to mess up the whole world...

@Cheryl Culbreath the easiest I've found are rosemary, basil, oregano and marjoram. I always seem to manage to fail with sage and thyme. Dill grows well but I find it goes to seed very quickly although the climate here probably gets too hot for it - guess it depends on your location. I save my dill seeds though as I use them in cooking and to plant again. Go for it - it can be very rewarding - and delicious!

@Manitu Okahas don't know! I'll take a closer look, thanks

@Merrie B unfortunately she has had to go into terminal care 🙁 I helped her quite a lot with lifts to hospital, paperwork etc, not expecting anything in return but her son then told me to help myself to some plants when he was sorting out the house. So lucky for me... but that's why I don't know much about them!

Hello all! I'm from England originally but have been living in the western cape of South Africa for the last 28 years. There are some fascinating plants here. I've grown plants in pots intermittently for many years, but currently I just try to grow things I can eat - mostly herbs such as rosemary, thyme, basil, oregano... and also chillies. I also plant some in my garden which I have left to grow pretty wild. Really my first love is animals but I enjoy all things related to nature and wildlife - plant, animal, fungus... I also do a bit of (amateur) photography and enjoy taking close up pics of our very small creatures - even when they are sucking the sap out of my plants. Would I be permitted to post an occasional pic of these tiny creatures @Donna Scarborough - I feel people should see properly what they see as problems, especially when they want to destroy them!? I will post a pic of a basil lace bug (about 3mm long) as an illustration - some of these creatures are beautiful and many are not as destructive as we think - partly depending on growing methods etc. I am sure I can learn more about that here, as my growing success is very variable. To start, here is a pic of a crassula which I was given - the Seek app has identified it as Adromischus filicaulis, endemic to South Africa and Namibia. And the basil lace bug which was on a basil plant. By the way, I use no pesticides!