Geraniums
It seems to be the French thing, at least in our neighbourhood, to have geraniums in your window boxes. They outnumber all other flowering plants on balconies visible from our windows. So since we already buy a baguette every day (and Janet won't let me wear a beret) we have now acquired some très Français adornments for our Juliet balconies off the living room.
M, having a coffee with me on the way home from the market
The credit really goes to our gardening house guest, who offered to do dirty work (literally). She accompanied me on my usual Sunday morning trawl through the market, and when we saw the geraniums on offer she reminded me of her offer to populate the cheap window boxes that the previous tenants left behind. We bought ten small plants, and the following day she planted them, installed them on the balcony, and provided detailed instructions for their care.
I don't exactly have a green thumb, and the current heat wave isn't perhaps the best time for transplanting, but I will try to follow the instructions.
posted 17.7.06
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