I live with the DB on his property. I love living in the middle of a bush block that is still close enough to shops and the city but feels like we live in “the bush”. There are loads of possums and we have spotted some cute little bandicoot’s recently. We have also seen the evidence of their pointy noses digging holes in the small amount of lawn we have.
We have made several attempts to grow a vege and herb garden, with limited success. The Damn possums are very clever and have managed to infiltrate all our attempts to keep them out of the garden and pots. They have annihilated several plants including parsley, coriander, chillies, capsicum and basil. They seem to not like woody herbs and onion so much, so I still have garlic, spring onions, rosemary, thyme and chives. I thought we were finally doing ok with pots on the deck but this last week has resulted in a very lovely parsley stem plant.
We were at a garden shop a week or so ago and the DB pointed out a bottle of “poss off”. I am at a stage that I am ready to try some of that, as the little buggers are starting to “poss” me right off!
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I really begrudge paying $5 for a bunch of fresh parsley when I only want a few sprigs to put on a dish and the rest usually wilts to the point of unusable, the exact day before I want to use it again.
On the plus side – First day of Spring today! My favorite season!
