my husband enclosed this space at the side of our house originally, as a catio/dog run, with the pet door leading to inside the house, and there’s a huge purpose built bird cage at the end for our much loved Terrence (cockatoo) but once we put shade cloth on top, I just KNEW I had to put some plants in this space 😆 ….. the grass is the only *plant* that doesn’t love it in here lol, so we’re replacing it with synthetic grass soon.
Every single plant in this area is in pots.
I hope you find some inspiration papermoon….. plants can really *make a space* I believe 💋
This is probably irrelevant to this thread, but perhaps someone else here may have noticed a problem with packaged seeds this year, even the usually respectable branded ones?
I bought packets of sunflower and marigold seeds. The seeds looked "scrappy and crushed" but I planted them anyway. Many weeks in now, and only two of the sunflowers have come through, and no marigolds whatsoever. Marigolds usually are strong and self seeding once established.
Talking to friends, they have had the same problem with various seeds this year which have not proven viable.
The garden is very healthy and well looked after; soil is composted, mulched and moist.
Thanks Janeababe. I didn't realise that you could grow plants from bird seed like that. I throw a handful of wild bird seed out for the doves each morning, I'm going to experiment with those straight away ... 😺
