The Frumplingtons

It’s taken a while to start gathering everything needed for our Indoor Garden. As you can see from the picture, we have a few plants and some soil. We didn’t really appreciate just how much soil we’d need, so we’re waiting for some more to be delivered.

As the tray has no drainage, we put a layer of polystyrene packing ‘peanuts’ at the bottom with some perlite. Then we put a layer of mesh, it was meant to be a fly screen, but it was ideal for the job. On top of that a layer of pea shingle.

The first couple of layers of soil have been mixed with perlite. When we get some more soil it will be added without perlite to give a better effect.

The plants we have so far are:

Helxine - Mind Your Own Business
Sandwort
Veronica
Carex

These plants may or may not work, never having made an Indoor Garden before, it’s all trial and error. We also have a tree on order, it’s at the stage where it’s ready to become a bonsai.

The overall idea is to create a rural scene. Originally we were going to have a cottage and all the associated imagery of the countryside. But then we found the derelict house. It’s a Hornby model from the Lydell’s End series, and will fit perfectly.

Now we wait for more soil