Thanks to our gardening mate Gerry Hectic for getting in touch and for letting us know about ALDI’s present gardening bargains, mini-roses at £1.79 each. The above is where Gerry put his two recent purchases into. It’s a herb infused incinerator with some coriander, parsley and is that basil or mint in there too? Inspired thinking we reckon!
It’s a great idea for a tall raised bed. We’ve an old incinerator that’s missing a bottom that could be put into action now. You could have a mixture of all sorts in a container like that, a potato plant in the middle, some tumbling tomatoes at the sides, herbs, some nasturtiums, the list is endless. A great idea Gerry!
And to accompany Gerry’s great idea here is a mad cover of Nina Simone‘s African Mailman by The Rhythmagic Orchestra which will be featured on the next special Free Radio Skybird mailbag later this month. What a tune!
We bought some seeds on ebay over the week, some coriander and basil to top up the pots on the kitchen windowsill so we have a little supply over the winter. Also we’re partial to a cup of chamomile tea so purchased some chamomile seeds too for sowing outdoors next year. It’s never to early to start planning!
Weeds up to me knees 
As an afterthought, when I re-design this, I’m going to use an old plastic planter for the ‘bottome half base section’ turned upside down with the idea 1. they’ll still be some ‘side’ soil to let stuff grow in the holes and 2. more importantly, to reduce the weight so it can be moved about easier to catch the sun a bit more. Thanks for posting Pete – great tracks too for DJ Frederick’s show.
Brilliant cheers for that gerry! Some good ideas there!