The start of the new beds and todays planting

We finally got the mini digger working today and started making the beds for the medicinal herb garden (and promptly ran out of diesel), No matter, we have the digger for another day or so and we'll do what we can tomorrow. It's raining heavily outside in any case. 

I started planting up the hotbed we finished yesterday. So far from right to left I planted 

Garden Catmint Nepeta racemosa 
English sage Salvia officinalis 
Anise Hyssop Agastache foeniculum 
Japanese catmint schizonepesa tenuifolia 
Chinese liquorice Glycyrrhiza Uralensis (Gan Cao) 
Feverfew Tanacetum parthenium  
Russian Tarragon Artemisia dracunculoides
Artichoke Imperial Star Cynara scolymus
Giant cape gooseberry Physalis peruviana 
Dwarf cape gooseberry Physalis pruinosa 
Tomatillo Verde Physalis Ixocarpa 
Aubergine Snowy F1 (One that slipped through) Solanum melongena 
East Indian Lemongrass Cymbopogon flexuosus 
West Indian Lemongrass Cymbopogon citratus 
Chilli Numex bailey piquin Capsicum annuum
Chilli Bhut Jolokia 
Pepper Red Cheese  Capsicum annuum

We're still in a waxing moon and I prefer to do most of my planting when the moon is waxing (It seems to help germination but that's just my opinion.
I often follow a biodynamic calendar but I haven't got one yet for this year) 

Forgot to mention that so far only the tomatoes have germinated, of those the cherokee black have done the best. They all seem to have germinated whereas only one or two each of the others have done so so far. They started coming up about 3 weeks ago and the others started coming this week.

More tomorrow hopefully