After I had heroically created (totally unassisted) a large bog garden in my leaky pond, I had some aquatic soil and seeds left over. When my elder daughter came to visit from London for the day, we first had a healthy lunch of salad which energised us to decide to go and play at mud pies with those extras.
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The lavender hedge behind a clover-filled Adam and Eve trough |
The idea was to make a smaller, sensory bog garden near my lavender hedge to exude delightful aromas and attract insects. As she was decently dressed for her train journey home, I changed into gardening trousers - and then settled back in my portable chair to watch her do the heavy lifting.
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A boon to sedentary, arthritic gardeners |
We used a round plastic tub, some pots and two window boxes, all of which I had already. Back we went to her toddler days and sloshed mud around with infantile glee, before planting the minuscule seeds in neat geometric designs. Water mint predominated because it is so aggressive that I did not allow it in the main garden. Plus it is highly odiferous. The rest was largely pot-luck (pun intended) as I hadn't labelled the half-empty seed packets properly - but who needs to know the future exactly? Rhetorical question.
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Yes, I did have a couple of plug plants, ordered in error. |
Yesterday, I looked into the green tub, after weeks of anxious nights, and saw two tiny seedlings. My joy was unconfined. It's as bad as having a baby - well, not quite, perhaps.
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Multiple huzzahs! |
The lesson is that you can have a small bog garden in a container on your patio and attract insects. All the plants have wonderful old names which will be revealed soon on this bug and bog blog.
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