Thank you for stopping by and your kind words.

Rocket is the best - even the dried seeds can be sprinkled into salads. As for pesto - my favourite!

Well, they do help one another in other ways - companion plants. - thanks for reading my post.

Thank you - if the weather is hot, the water will evaporate quite fast.

Absolutely - the raised ones are great.

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Thanks for reading my post - and yes, it is a lot easier to not over water indoor plants.

Yes, the mosquitos love to find areas where there is some still water. - dragon flies love to eat them so am always happy to see them in the garden.

Thanks for reading my post and I must say that the banter between you and my daughter @jaynie made me laugh.

I think ferns can tolerate quite a bit of water - as for watering from the bottom, that is fine - my late dad -in law used to grow the lovely african violets and also only watered from the bottom but was

Good rains or heavy watering can help to leach the soil - then I would let it go fallow for a while and then mulch with compost.

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Yes I have experienced that type of heavy snow when I stayed with an aunt in Derbyshire -it was so bad that the newspapers had the headline "Derbysiberia" - thanks for reading my post.

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Agreed - thanks for stopping by

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Thought provoking

So true!!