A little bit of Sunshine

I realize this may be a little bit of a vague blog title line but stick around. You are going to enjoy this one! Summer has begun to show its face in England, although let's be real, some days I do question whether it is summer, but anyway back to the point. As the days have become longer, and the light makes itself known early! I got to say it is my favourite time of year. Why!? well, why not? Long days that make you feel like you can achieve endless to-do lists, create some amazing memories, and best of all fill that Vit D cup we all need filled.

I love this time of year as I feel like my most natural self! From doing some gardening to exploring the great outdoors through; a picnic or maybe some camping. Creating those moments of stillness in what is such a busy world we live in. This year, however, hit fav has been gardening!

I have taken what was a very dull balcony and turned it into something special. If you like me and are a keen little gardener here is something you could do to create a lovely outdoor space on a budget, and in an environmentally conscious way too.

I started off using some compost bought at my local LIDL. The compost bag though not great on the environment could be reused for storing garden things and placed inside your garage, keeping the space nice and clean, rather than using transportation to get to the store, I walked to the store with my little trolly. Which not only gave me a chance to be outdoors breathing some fresh air into my lungs but, also get a little gentle exercise in. The pot plants were bought from Amazon. Now, before you think, "Well they are not necessarily always environmentally conscious". I will say opt for something that is steel, as this will last longer and if breaking can be repurposed rather than plastic planters that can't. Also, utilize the delivery to come with other essential shopping you may be doing. Lastly, the plants I bought were from my local WICKS store which again I walked to the store to collect, and reused the bags the planters came in to put all the flowers in and carry back home.

This project involved 4 metal planters, 2 bags of compost 4 large flowers, and 1 tray of little filler flowers, coming to a total of £39.47. You could opt for using homemade compost which would lower the cost of this little DIY slightly. We did not do this as we have just started making compost and it is not quite at the right stage to be used for potting yet.

Hope this blog has inspired some green fingers to flourish, until next time!

Casey xxx