Planning and purchasing

Have sort of made a start in terms of planting. Well, 'planting' is a bit strong; 'planning' is more accurate. My Dad's off loaded some unsellable (if there is such a thing) packets of seeds - which would otherwise have been thrown out - so reuse/recycle in action there. My planning so far has consisted of spreading the packets out on the floor of the front room and putting them into random piles (for which there is a vague understanding of what each pile represents). Loosely it's what type of container they will require.


This was all in preparation for a bit of retail therapy (which is completely going against the reuse/recycle ethos - oops!). I did manage to do it fairly economically though. Got two hanging baskets, a hanging basket crook (so as not to drill holes in 100 year old walls) and 6 medium sized pots; all for £4 in the Pound Shop. Then got two largeish, deep, square tubs for £3.99 each (reduced from £6.99) from a hardware shop. Also got liners for hanging baskets and a little trowel (also reduced to £2.99). Also got some 6ft canes as I'm thinking the first thing I'll plant is runner beans - possibly with some sweetpeas in with them. Will use the hanging baskets for tumbling tomatoes and possibly salad leaves in the other.

Desperate to find a good junk shop/car boot sale opportunity soon. Oh, and find someone with a car who's willing to traipse round with me!

Have fallen in love with some purple gardening clogs.... Might have to put in a 'birthday present request' at some point.

I keep going back to the idea of a little greenhouse. Have seen a little 4-tier, polythene thing for £20. Still in the back of my mind though is that there'll be some car-boot equivalent lurking somewhere which would do the job. Tactic might be to manage without and maybe invest in something like that next year.

Unfortunately my productive start to the day has wained as the clouds have come over and it's threatening rain. Purchases are safely in the 'shed' and seed packets still all over the floor. Might draw up a bit of a schedule for planting. I know, I think I said that in the last post, but haven't got round to it yet!