Those of you dear readers with good memories may recall a blog from January this year “Winter Gardening” where I replaced part of our back fence with chimney pots and cuttings.
The blackcurrant cuttings have all taken, the two little plum trees and fuchsia are thriving, and as hoped the Loch Ness blackberry has leapt out of the pots.
In addition there are planters of flowers, tomatoes and pumpkins.
Elsewhere on the estate …
Last spring I bought a packet of watercress in Tesco, ate most but put some small bits with rootlets on in the pond. They've done so well they are more than holding their own against the water mint and some are making a bid to escape the pond onto the lawn.
The only thing that worries me is what will happen over the winter.
Will they deter frogs from hibernating in the pond?
And will we get any frogspawn next spring.
I'm chuffed to bits that the chimney pots are working well! I wonder whether watercress might overtake the pondweed that has colonised mine?
ReplyDeleteI don't see why not; it's quite shady in that pond when the rowan and apple trees are in full leaf.
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