Well, if you haven’t already seen it, visit the Potty Innovations YouTube Channel (or look under Essential Links on the right) to see our set-up and planting videos for the Cultivation Station and Clover planters.

We were lucky enough to have a lovely weekend last weekend and so I put my plan of action into play. This involved informing my other half that I thought it would be a good idea to expand the raised bed to accommodate the extra plants I had grown. Much to his dismay, he agreed and you can see the results in the video!

The raised bed itself took us about 15 minutes to take apart (with two people) as I had already filled most of the planters, so they were a bit heavy. It then took another 10 minutes to decide on a layout and five minutes to put it together. I thought it would take longer but it really was that quick and easy.

Here’s Daisy Boots Assembling her new 8 Piece Compact Cultivation Station

After finishing the raised bed assembly I realised just how much of a slope our garden is on as the planters are slightly staggered, hopefully they will sink into place soon.

I also realised that the bed is, well quite full of onions. There is something about having a large bag of onion sets that just wants to make you keep on planting them.

I have tried to be super organised this year and have labelled all the planters up so I know exactly what’s growing where. Unfortunately I have noticed that the kitties have been trying to pull the labels out and have run off with some of them, so maybe a mental note would be good too!

In other news I have been reading up on companion planting and have got as far as planting mint near cabbage which should deter the cabbage white butterfly and planting rosemary near carrots which will deter the carrot root fly. I am in the process of adding more herbs to the raised bed, so if anyone has any advice that would be gratefully appreciated.

Found my first snail in the garlic which Rich insists must be French, and also found two lovely little pesky slugs trying to breach the giant mighty walls of Castle Cultivation Station.

“Away with you, you unruly fiends”

I shouted from the Castle tower, before unleashing a wave of pellets.

That’ll show em!

Slugs, seeds, pests and itchy eyeballs – ah…… you know its Spring!