When putting marginal plants in water on a 2nd floor balcony do not buy pots with holes.

And thus begins our lesson for Sunday. Our balcony is small, bland and a little boring. One end of the balcony is long and narrow and so near the next apartment it would be possible to being a physical relationship with the owner. Whereas the other end is nice and wide and a good space. So how to take away the bland feel was the challenge of the weekend.

It had begun on a previous trip, a strip of artificial grass covered up the long, narrow strip and rustic floor boards covered up the wider bit, creating a space that Monty Don would be proud of.

A trip down to Johnstown Garden Centre with the aim of buying four or five pots into which we’d put marginals. Marginals for those of you unfamiliar with pond plants are plants that side at the edge of ponds. Now whilst we were not creating a pond what we thought we’d do is put the plants in pots of water on the balcony and thus remove the need for watering. Which is just as well since we are not here to water them. 

Within ½ hour we were heading home with pots and plants and making great progress. Only to discover upon filling the first pot with water that it was not designed to be water tight. So back into the car and a quick trip to the local Homebase to buy pots to fit inside the pots that were water tight.

Tomorrow I head to Ballyferriter.