Warm Jam

Despite being much nearer the allotment since moving back in September, 10 minutes’ walk is still too far when the rest of the meal’s in the oven and you remember something!
I’ve built four planters to go on the patio outside, to plant salad and herbs and such without digging over rented lawn. They’re built to fit a grow bag each to keep life super-simple butt jointed affairs, and so far are working out pretty awesome – got two planted up with the first few seedlings showing, two more half-painted. The frames are cut from 8 ft timber planks. Feet were drilled with a holesaw from offcuts and wrapped in anti-slug tape. Bases sit on batons cut from the leftovers screwed around the bottom edge of the frame.

Kinda tempted to do the lot over again and have eight… so far we have lettuce, rocket, spring onions and radishes planted, and peppers, aubergines and various herbs planned, with tomatoes going in hanging baskets. That’s pretty much all the salad we need (plus aubergines) but I’m sure there’s other things that’d be great.

Anyway, they’re really easy, and timber, stain and all else came in at £40 or so for the four from B&Q. I recommend the exercise highly, looks like being very useful – and now we’re headed into barbecue season, picking seasoning and side salads even as the meat’s still on the grill will feel very good indeed!

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