Our garden

Our backyard has a little bit of grass down the side of the house, but most of it is just a hot and sunny concrete slab. If I had money to throw away, I'd put down some artificial turf and big pot plants, but I don't, so I have to make do with the budget I have.

This week Ollie and I planted an assortment of fruits, vegies and herbs. Above, I have a dwarf lemon tree in the big brown pot (planted a couple of months ago - it has 17 lemons on it that are growing bigger every week!). We planted spring onions, rocket, baby spinach, rhubarb, parsley, chives, oregano, sage, mint and basil.
This long and boring fence will have two colours of passionfruit growing up it. I need to put something other than the little bits of lattice up on the fence for the passionfruit to grow along. Maybe next week. One of the pots also has a strawberry plant, the other has more chives.

I've never planted so many things at once - usually I just have a pot of chives. I'm happy to just have a play around at this stage - to see what works and what doesn't. Maybe I've planted everything too close? I will soon find out, I'm sure.