Last night we gathered up the Cultivation Station pieces ready for assembly in the garden. We were so keen to get going we started after dinner!

With four large pieces and four corner pieces I was actually surprised I could easily walk around with them because they are so light. I was also afraid they might blow away and I would have to spend the rest of the evening knocking on peoples doors asking them ‘please sir/madam, can I have my Cultivation Station back’.

After Rich made me do ten circuits of our garden we eventually decided to put our new growing plot near the patio. Assembling was easy enough although being on a slope didn’t help when it came to locking the pieces together. Some of them were a bit tight to slide together at an angle so I found assembly on the patio much easier to do as it was a much flatter and firmer surface.

I was told by Daisyboots’ (ooops that’s me in trouble again) to put the grow bags in first, water them and leave them overnight and then plant in the next couple of days.
So we got the bags and I decided opening them would be best done with a firm stabbing motion of the trowel. Granted, in hindsight it wasn’t the best idea, and I hadn’t prepared myself for the smell that was about to emanate from said hole.

‘Is it supposed to smell like this?’ I asked. (long pause) ‘Yes’.

‘Oh dear’, my thoughts soon turned to the rest of the unopened bags that lay before me and the lack of gardening gloves.

Planting tomorrow hopefully!