Leonard

If you've been reading my blog for a while, you are very patient, and also you know I'm a crazy plant lady, in much the same way some people are crazy cat people or crazy dog people. My plants are my babies, I talk to them, I give most of them names (I don't often name short-lived plants or plants that will get pulled up for food, such as carrots). One plant you may remember is Leonard.

Leonard the chilli plant

Unfortunately, Leonard didn't survive the winter. Chilli plants are very sensitive to the cold. I did everything I could think of including bringing him inside at night, but he died. He's now in my compost bin so he won't be wasted.

It's not all bad news. A few months before Leonard died, he was quite laden with fruit when a severe storm struck. All the fruit dropped, and some sprouted. a few of the baby chilli plants survived the winter. Determined to keep them alive and hopefully see them grow up and become big, healthy plants, I made a little mini green house out of a plastic water bottle:

And stuck it in the pot over the baby chilli plants.

I watered the pot thoroughly and the little plants under the cover have been thriving ever since. They grow slowly, but I can see they are growing. I'm going to keep them covered until they start to really flourish.

That's what I've been up to, how are things in your garden?

Happy Gardening!

Cassandra Louise.