We harnessed a little energy yesterday and set about putting together our hanging gardens for the side of the house. We had spent an hour at Bunnings on Thursday and bought a selection of brightly-coloured plants, even though Nera had advised us that Bunnings’ plants are not the best option. The most important factor is that Archie loves a trip to Bunnings. He rides in a trolley, talking to the shop assistants and growling at other dogs. If a kid comes by, he is delighted, wagging his tail and looking for attention.
I’m always up for a trip to Bunnings and plants are disposable anyway. We filled the boot of the car with what we thought might be enough to get started and took them home.
On Friday morning, I started putting together the rest of the shelves we had bought while Marilyn re-planted the flowers into some planter boxes. It didn’t take long and we’re delighted with the result
We have three sets of windows in the lounge-/dining room and I’ve bought four sets of shelves. I will probably need to order a couple more but it’s a good start. The shelves draw the eyes away from the fence and that’s what we’e trying to achieve. I imagine they’ll eventually look like the Hanging Gardens of Babylon as we buy more and more plants to cover them. Apparently, there’s a market in town here today so, no doubt, I’ll be dragged along to check it out.
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