You know when you decide to do something quickly and it goes wrong and escalates into a laborious and time-consuming exercise? I’ve managed this twice this week while waiting for the kettle to boil. The first time I decided to water my several hippeastrum plants with dilute liquid feed, forgetting that they were standing on decorative but very shallow saucers. Result: streams of water cascading over the top and front of the cupboard on which they were standing. The second time, earlier today, while checking plants in my propagator on the kitchen window sill I managed to dislodge it and send my carefully nurtured tomato plants tumbling
to the floor. Miraculously they have all survived and with the compost back in their pots they look (nearly) as good as before.
The half hour spent clearing up the mess and repotting has persuaded me that horticultural tasks are best not undertaken while waiting for a kettle to boil.
