OK, Garden, What now?
This post is NOT part of a series onΒ The Alternative Vote Referendum on May 5th. I have a post on that brewing up for publication over the next day or so, so stay tuned for that.
This post is about something only slightly less depressing: the state of my garden. I’ve nursing an injury and want to avoid any heavy lifting where possible. I’ve not made any effort to protect the garden over the winter and I’m not planning anything remotely ambitious this year. The flowers in the basket and pot are a mess of weeds and there’s something green growing in a tomato planter. I’m tempted to see if anything edible turns up.
Oddly enough, the strawberries have survived the winter so perhaps we’ll get some of them before the army of snails descend.
So what should I plant in my limited terraced garden that gets almost no sunshine, that I can eat, and won’t be hard to lift? Suggestions are welcome!
Put the strawberries in the hanging basket, that way the snails can't get to them… π
You used to be in Mensa, didn't you? That's BLOODY BRILLIANT!
Hopefully you're not going to pop a hernia lifting the basket :-sBeefcake, BEEFCAKE! (hopefully you know the reference π )
No sunshine, can eat, not hard to lift? Easy, and you seem to have plenty of it already: snails π
London garden snails can and do climb vertical brick walls and glass windows, to at least eight feet, and can also "walk" upside-down on ceilings. As I've witnessed repeatedly. Though I suppose it IS possible that one may get "cold foot" at the prospect of tightroping its way from the safety of a wall out to a remote hanging basket. Perhaps this could be confirmed by functional MRI?
To solve this, just put salt on said tight rope… Snails don't like salt.
You guys have to come over and take a look at the garden we have got access too recently…
Acres of rocket, wasabe and other spicy greens should work, and the spicier ones repel snails and slugs from the rest of the garden…
Can't resist: Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabi!
Can't resist: Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabi!
Check out our community gardening project at http://www.shacklewellstgarden.org.uk/. Worms. Strawberries. Shrubbery.