Merv's Spring Garden

Merv planting one of the herb baskets
 

While I was away all of Merv's plants under our patio withered and died.  I didn't plan that very well, but  I knew most of his plants were seasonal.  I told him not to worry because we would fix it.
Fix it we did today.  Armed with our $100 voucher we took the ten minute drive to Bunnings in Malaga and grabbed a trolley.  We filled the trolley with potting mix, snail pellets, herbs, veggie seedlings and flower punnets.  Oh, we added a rake as well.  I am not really sure why.  Maybe because our last rake broke ten years ago and was never replaced.  I don't think it will really add to our lives but you never know!
There are fifteen different types of potting mix, maybe more.  There is a potting mix for herbs and vegetables, one for flowers, one with blood and bone and the list continues.  We bought three large bags.  We had a list of herbs and vegetables.  We couldn't find the dwarf beans but loaded the trolley with cherry tomatoes, capsicums, parsley, basil, lemon balm, mint and oregano.  Merv was thrilled to once again have his own garden to water, to admire and hopefully soon enjoy the fruits of his labour. In the cooler hours of the afternoon we used an old trestle table as a makeshift garden bench.  We filled the hanging baskets with potting mix, adding herbs in the baskets and vegetables in the rectangular planting pots.  We watered them and scattered some snail pellets (we have very hungry snails)
I close my eyes and visualise all these little plants fruiting and flowering  and giving Merv joy.
There is beauty in so many things in this big world and sometimes they are just there in your own back garden.