Bagged it

They had forecast a thunderstorm today, so I had kind of expected it to be quite a dull day, however we woke to a gorgeous bright sunny morning. Brian decided to trim the laurel hedge before the sun came round to that part of the house, they were in need of a tidy up.

I decided as it was a beautiful morning I would pot up my planters at the front of the house and refresh my window boxes. When I’d planted the large cast iron planters previously, I’d used a couple of plastic pots inside them. But to be honest, that was never very successful. I found the pots didn’t fit great and they kept looking lopsided. So I came up with what I think is a much better method, and that is use a plastic bag as ‘the pot’. It means it fits perfectly to the size of the planter, I just made sure I put enough compost in to cover the bag.

The roses are all starting to come out now, it is so lovely to be able to see their full glory. The different shades of pinks look amazing. Unfortunately I do have a bit of greenfly and black spot, but I’m concerned about spraying because of our resident blackbird. Any ideas?