Refreshing and changing ...

Sometimes things don't work, sometimes you do the wrong thing, like I did with my sage by overwatering it :-( Sadly it didn't recover and so it had to go and now I've just re-potted a new purple sage which I promise to be more careful with!

I also added some dianthus, which have lovely pink flowers, in the long trough pots to the violas which are starting to die off. They have re-seeded themselves though and hopefully they will continue to be self-propagating.

Summer is in full swing now and we have to water every day, especially the mint. Do a regular finger-tip check to feel the dampness of the soil in your pots and also keep up with a good liquid fertiliser!

Here are the dianthus which should add some lovely colour to the troughs on the upper balcony.