How does your garden grow?

Very well thankyou. So well, in fact, that I've had to expand.
The astute will notice however that I don't actually have any more plants. I've just spread the broccoli out a bit. I originally completely disregarded the destructions' claim that the seedlings should be planted 30cm apart on the assumption that some of them would die, making more room. For some mysterious reason, this didn't happen. As a result I had to make another trip to Bunnings for a new pot.

I also planted a whole heap of spinach and onion seeds (again on the assumption that a lot of them will die). At any rate, there is no way I'll be able to afford pots from Bunnings for all the survivors even if only half of them survive. I figured the tip shop would be the ideal place to stock up on cheap pots. Alas, this turned out not to be the case. Revolve had some plastic boxes that would have been perfect, except that they were "not for sale". Aussie Junk, on the other hand, has gone bust and is not offering anything for sale at Mugga Lane.

So what did I do? I went to Aldi. I have to admit, I don't have the knack for shopping at Aldi. They never seem to have what we want so I get discouraged and just end up going to Woolies. For instance, this time we wanted ingredients for lasagne and bread for breakfast in the morning. They didn't have any mince, spinach or bread. They did have some fresh basil and coriander though, which were tasty. And, most importantly, they had an empty styrofoam box with holes in the bottom. I was extra brave and asked the lady if I could have it and she said yes! So now I have a home for at least some of my seedlings.

The seeds themselves are currently taking part in an experiment. Some of them are living on top of the hot water system, some in the window of the spare room and some on top of the barbecue. My hypothesis is that the ones on the hot water system will sprout first because they have a fairly consistent source of warmth, the ones in the spare room will sprout second because it's not quite so frosty in there and the ones on the barbecue will languish and die. At any rate, we should have the results 10 to 21 days after Saturday the 8th.

And here is my latest creation, made with my shiny new sewing machine:

As you can see, the armholes are a bit funny. I think I'll try and fix them up a bit when I'm feeling a bit braver. I'm fairly happy with it for a first go though!