Confessions of a Clumsy Scot

I’ve kind of neglected the garden for a few weeks! The weather has turned rotten so other than grass cutting and doing some weeding, I haven’t got much done!

I have got a few new aditions planted though. I dug up the spinach and lettuce I destroyed over the summer (although I think some have decided to try and grow through still) and popped in some garlic. Doing some reading up these need to over winter so they’ve sprouted now so i think they just need a period of cold weather to go dormant and they’ll (hopefully) flourish come spring time.

A few weeks ago I raided my local garden centre, and although there wasn’t much left other than some trees, heathers and other hardy natives, I managed to grab a lovely blackberry shrub (this was in an older post) and a couple of discounted potted goodies.

The first was another strawberry plant. I have a fair few already but my plan is to get a big planter for these because they do like to expand themselves into new plants and also they’re so easy to grow.
At first I threw it under my net thinking I’ll get it into a bigger planter towards the end of the winter but shes decided to flourish in september and even has flowers! I don’t think these will fruit but I do need tto get her a bigger pot anyway so she’s happier and can keep growing!

The second was a sempervivum which I’ve been looking at for a while. I think they’re funky little guys and my plan is to get her into a tub maybe next to the front door? I do currently have a baby ivy there but I think he’ll have to get moved before he sticks to the wall and takes over.

The third, truthfully I can’t remember and she blew down the garden and I can’t find the pot with the name of it anymore but she hopefully going to give me some lovely pink flowers along the drive way next summer!
My plan is to get loads of different flowers in along the drive that will flower at different times and attract and feed loads of little bugs and wildlife! That’s the plan but whether I make it that far is a different story!

Lastly inside I have some birds eye chilli seeds growing away nicely. These have tried to blind me, not once, not twice but three times! But I’m still very happy with them!
I do think I’ve planted these at the wrong time of year but they’re indoors so I’ll see how they do. I have more seeds anyway if I need to try again coming into warmer weather.
If all of these babies decide to keeo growing, I think I’ll be gifting some at Christmas though because I think there’s at least thirty growing and I read somewhere that someone was inundated with chilli’s with just two plants. I really don’t like spicy food that much to keep them all!

Over the winter I’m hoping to grab some pallettes and see if I can make some biggish planters for myself and get a proper little veggie/fruit garden going but although I’m good at trying new things, this might be a step too far! That also means A LOT of compost and some actual planning about mixing up some veggies in planters to give them a better chance with nutrients, but that’s why I’m doing this to learn and try!