Life for Lola

I've begun my summer container gardening in earnest. So much so infact I have an inch of compost which is stubbornly stuck under my finger nails. I look like one of those damaged girls in care who Colin doesn't clean properly in the morning.

Each year I buy more and more pots and each year I never have enough. Something sinister is a foot - especially if it is a foot belonging to jack frost.....This leads me on to buying plants prematurely. I have paid out for shed loads of geraniums and petunias and the last two mornings we have had to scrape the car window! What's that all about? I've had to cover my delicates from the icy blast.

This year I treated myself and bought lots of herbs, I've planted some odd ones - Thyme Archers Gold, Meadowsweet, Budleia Mint, Orange Thyme, Curry Plant - ooh, I'll have to watch it, if the crops fail this year I'll be first down the pond for a ducking.