If ever there was a lesson to be learned it’s not to buy cheap terracotta pots. No matter how lovely they look stacked up in the local garden centre decked out with dainty herbs – just don’t!!! This rather sorry looking display contained a lovely herb, Mentha x piperita Chocolate Mint. It’s wonderful added to a Mojito on a hot summers day. There’s a story there involving me, several Mojito’s and some furry dice, I wont go into details!. As I look around the garden I’m dismayed at the state of my lawn. “Great weather for ducks they say” but I can assure you its not. Three of my prize winning Teals dropped dead this winter from excessive cold. In my depression I stumble across a patch of crocus peeking above the quagmire and Snowdrops about to burst into flower. Little signs of spring that fill my soul with cheer but does nothing to generate the £500 needed to replace the aforementioned Teal. On a serious horticultural note my Veg seeds are organized in my special metal seed box, courtesy of my mum this Christmas ( its great!! and I’m very excited ). The Vegetable patch is to be dug over this weekend, spent grow bags added for extra bulk and a layer of well rotted manure added for those greedy veg.