Shanghai Balcony Gardening V
The parsley showed up a few days ago, but no sign whatsoever of the sage, rosemary, lovage or lavender. Basil's very slow. The mint is 90% dead, and four or five of the borage have germinated. The thyme, I'll prick out next weekend. This weekend I did the geraniums, I've got seven altogether. I bought at bag of garden soil from Mr Mint . 35 kuai, (which seemed a bit steep); about half a hundredweight, more than enough to be getting on with. Mr M suggested a packet of bonemeal, 5 kuai, so I got some. I think he's got perlite there, too, but that's for another day - I was heavy laden with the bag of earth. The paper cups I was using for seedlings are no good - they get waterlogged and slimey round the bottom. Now I've got translucent plastic cups, half filled with soil, holes with a kitchen knife in the lower rim, the bit nearest the water. My theory is with them, the plastic will let in the light and keep off some, but not all, of the wind. And you