With a little help from friends giving us cuttings and small plants, our tiny patio is looking a little more vibrant now.
I moved these cacti from a shelf that never saw any sun and since then, they've really come alive.
I've tried all sorts of plants here over the years and the biggest problems have been cats and ants. Cats doing their business and ruining the small plants and ants stripping all the leaves.
To combat the cats, I just put down loads of stones and made sure they were large and hard to turn over and as for ants, it seems that there's power in numbers.
This is at the back of the house and the front looks a heck of a lot better too, ants permitting.
