Brrrrrr its cold!

I have ice hanging off my computer screen! Maybe that’s what people mean when their computer ‘freezes’? Maybe not….

Anyhow with not a huge amount to do in the old garden at the moment, or for the past month to be fair, I thought it was about time I shared my experience with you of planting up a set of Hug Pots. If you look closely in the photos you may notice something bright, that’s the rare light known as sunshine, remember that?

Anyway for those of you who are not familiar with the Hug Pot, they are cute looking planters designed by Benjamin Hubert that weigh next to nothing.

I must admit the thought of planting up the Hug Pots conjured up childlike excitement within me, they are pretty much the only ‘fun’ looking plant pots I have and well they do look cute! I could actually imagine children enjoying planting these up as a fun gardening activity, so if you do have children you may want to bear these in mind as a fun planting activity for next year.

Well the poor rosemary must have been relieved to have been finally planted up. We had pretty much left it on the living room window sill since the summer to defend itself against a couple of hyper plant-attacking kittens, which thinking about it doesn’t really bode well for the Christmas tree! Oh well, we have only lost a couple of baubles so far so I am *sure* it will be fine.

After planting we now have our very own kitchen herb growing station consisting of mint, rosemary and lemon balm, the latter of which is currently sitting happily on the kitchen window sill.

I have to say that I really like the Hug Pots outside, the blue is particularly nice in the garden and feels quite Mediterranean (when the sun is out), and I have already had positive comments about the mint in particular, which is currently surviving quite nicely in the cold.

Oh and before I forget, the Virgin Gardener has another top tip for you! Use EPS for drainage, I am told it does the job really nicely. Unfortunately at the time I didn’t have any to hand so my Hug Pots have heavy rocks in the bottom.

Ah, the benefit of hindsight!