00:00what well what indeed spring has well and truly sprung I tell you what this is actually the last
00:11day of winter and it is hot it is hot and windy like it is gonna be a really hot summer and our
00:19beautiful balcony garden has very unfortunately been neglected for two reasons one it's been
00:29winter obviously so everyone's balcony garden does suffer a little bit I think over winter and two we
00:37do have a 21 month old who kept us very occupied so the plants most days are lucky to even get
00:45watered so we are going to go to Bunnings today and get some new plants this is a bougainville that's
00:51just struggling to stay alive this is a pomegranate tree that I've never liked to be honest it's not
01:01a good choice for a balcony garden so I'm not sure if we'll replace it today or not and I've had a
01:06hack job at pruning it and I haven't done a very good job the shape of it's terrible this is pretty
01:12much dead this is a citrus unfortunately that little cactus is thriving the cactus is a very
01:18good choices with balcony gardens this is a flowering plant that unfortunately I think it's
01:25sort of one of those plants that have been a little bit seasonal so they sort of give you a lot of
01:30flowers for the first season but then they kind of die off this is a new citrus I was so depressed
01:36about the balcony garden a couple of months ago that we did replace one of the citruses that had pretty
01:41much died but look even even already it's not looking all that healthy so I think we might
01:47fertilize it but I love I have I have in back in the day before maybe we had a baby here to look
01:56after I had a thriving balcony garden I had so many flowers out here I had absolutely beautiful things
02:01so we're going to give it a revamp and we're going to head off to Bunnings and see what we can find
02:05yeah come on
02:08yeah come on
02:08Spencer where are we going we're going to Bunnings
02:18oh yeah I see it it's the one with the big bee oh there it is I love Bunnings look I've got the
02:48I do I love all the plants I love the big plants it is huge it is massive
02:53This is
03:12Actually go straight into the nursery sexes for the garden center
03:23I think it's beautiful
03:41Santa's found a muddy puddle to play in
03:44With Peppa Pig
03:48Look at this, this is fun
03:51So this is plant shopping with a toddler
03:54We are being very active
03:56Spence, join me on the trolley
03:58Yeah, that would be good
04:00I don't think we're going to though
04:06Spence has found another puddle here
04:08These are the citruses
04:10Citruses don't do too badly
04:12But one of our neighbours up above us actually
04:16A few storeys above
04:18Have got this sort of
04:19I don't know
04:20It's a palm type
04:22Plant in a pot
04:23And I think that would be perfect for a balcony
04:26But I don't like this balcony
04:28We're sort of looking around at the tree area
04:30Because I do want a tree
04:32Uh oh
04:35Yes
04:40Open the pot
04:42Up
04:43Up
04:44Up
04:45Up
04:46Up
04:47Up
04:48Up
04:49Yes
04:50I'm thinking of getting an olive tree
04:52For something different
04:53I've never grown an olive tree before
04:55And they say they're hardy
04:57I'm looking for something really hardy
04:59It says they're hardy
05:00So I might get an olive tree
05:02Another citrus
05:03And also I want some flowers
05:05And I think lavender
05:07Really handled dry hot wind
05:09Wow
05:10Because on the balcony
05:12We have hot sun
05:13And we have a bit of wind as well
05:15So windy conditions
05:16Hot sun and windy
05:17So I think
05:18I just want a good shape
05:20For the olive tree too
05:21Because I'm not hopeless
05:23I'm not one tree
05:25Oh wow
05:27And Spence is having a field day
05:30In that puddle
05:31Thank goodness
05:32That there was a puddle
05:33That you can play with
05:44What about this one?
05:45This one's a pretty nice
05:46Maybe shade
05:47I like it
05:50This one has got heaps of flowers on it
05:52There's nothing as nice
05:55As
05:56I'm just clicking an eye on the toddler
05:57At the same time also
05:58As
05:59Citrus flower smell
06:00Is so beautiful
06:01So we're going to get this one
06:02Because there's plenty of flowers on it
06:04So we've got a citrus
06:06And an olive
06:07And now
06:08We are going to get some flowers
06:09And keep an eye on
06:11The busy toddler
06:14Guys, Ellie
06:15Do you want to come and look at the flowers?
06:16Do you want to come and look at the flowers?
06:17Do you want to come and look at the flowers?
06:19We're wanting to just play in the puddle
06:21I love pansies and violets and stuff but we have gone for something that I'm hoping that will be hardy
06:35I mean who knows these might just last sort of a season but that's kind of the reality of our balcony garden
06:41Anyway, Anna chose this one
06:43I actually think this is going to be really beautiful
06:45We saw a big one didn't we?
06:47That had already sort of exploded into a bigger pot and it was just like a bunch of flowers
06:52And I'm going to try a lavender
06:54A lavender
06:55I do think lavenders are pretty hardy
06:57I mean they get really big and leggy after a while
07:00But for a little while I think these will be alright
07:02I mean yeah that's like I said the reality of our balcony garden
07:06We sort of have to swap plants every probably every year
07:10But we're going to try a few different things this time
07:13Alright now we are going to
07:17Luke and Amity have also got a
07:20And I'm going to say it in inverted commas
07:22Whoops
07:23What's toddler?
07:24So one thing will stay
07:27Alright what herbs are you going to pick?
07:29Okay so not lemon balm
07:31So ones that are like hardy?
07:33No no it's just more ones that will actually eat
07:35I don't know if they're going to be alive long enough for you to eat them
07:41So Luke and Amity have got a garden at the front
07:46And let's just say
07:48Is that a lemon from the tree?
07:50A lemon from the tree?
07:52Yeah
07:53Let me just say I feel a little bit sorry for the plants for the kitchen
07:56Where's the dragon?
07:57No and we won't give in the dragon from the tree or at least I haven't
08:00Oh yeah
08:02Oh it makes fun
08:04It's so nice
08:06Papa can eat grass
08:07Papa can eat it
08:08Papa actually does eat grass
08:10You don't want pet grass
08:11You don't want pet grass
08:12He don't
08:13Oh is it actual pet grass?
08:14It's called pet grass
08:15Oh definitely get some pet grass
08:18Let's get some pet grass for that white planter
08:21Oh absolutely
08:22It's fine but this is yours
08:24Oh yeah that's fine that can go in the front garden
08:26I need to get in the pet grass
08:27Yeah
08:28Oh Papa definitely needs some grass
08:31Okay
08:32Can we get the mint?
08:33Spence is going back to the water
08:35So we've got a sip
08:36Yes you can get mint darling
08:38Mint
08:39Oh no I don't want this mint
08:42It's not this
08:43I will get this one
08:45I know it's hard picking plants isn't it?
08:48Oh is strawberry a herb?
08:50Is it?
08:51Strawberry is under the herb section
08:55You know it might be a herb
08:57I do not know
08:58I did think it might be a berry from the name but
09:01You never know
09:02Let's get a tomato
09:04Do you want to get a tomato?
09:06Yeah
09:07Okay
09:14Well
09:17Our trolley is getting fuller and fuller
09:20That's awesome
09:21Curry plant?
09:22Here we have a curry plant
09:23Actually curry plant looks quite hardy
09:24Let's get it fuller
09:25Alright
09:26Keep going
09:27Oh what's that?
09:28It's a curry plant
09:29A curry plant
09:30Alright
09:31Nice
09:32We've got four don't we?
09:33Yeah we've got four
09:34Yeah I just want four
09:35Oh you only want four
09:36Nice
09:37Alright we've got ours
09:38Let's go to checkout
09:39You alright?
09:40Yeah
09:41You alright?
09:42Yeah
09:43We're all packed in the car
09:44We are transporting some of the plants in the back seat
09:59Including Piper's pink grass
10:01I'm so excited about that
10:03I'm glad we bought it
10:04And a citrus that was a bit too big for the back
10:07Yeah
10:08Yeah
10:11Aww
10:12You are so cute
10:13Spencey loves that counter long
10:16Alright
10:17Well I've got some water
10:19In my water in the can
10:21I'm going to water them in
10:23I mean I think
10:24You are meant to
10:25When you bring plants home from the shops
10:27To give them some water
10:28So we've got our new plants lined up here
10:30And actually watering them
10:33I mean
10:34Actually planting them
10:36Is going to be a project
10:38That will go over a couple of weekends
10:40Probably at least
10:41Probably at least
10:42Because we do have
10:44And toddler who takes a lot of time
10:47And obviously
10:48We've got two
10:49The two
10:50And Piper
10:51There you go love
10:53Oh
10:54And look what we got you darling
10:56This is your Piper's
10:58I'm so excited we got that for him
11:04I honestly am
11:06Because on our walks
11:07Oh you want some water out of the watering can
11:10There you go
11:11There you go
11:12There you go
11:13No?
11:14Ok
11:15On our walks
11:16He's been snatching up
11:17Little pieces of weeds
11:19And that is going to be lovely for him
11:22Oh you can have some water
11:24Ok
11:25We're watering the plants and animals
11:36Hey good boy
11:41Are you thirsty?
11:46Do you know Piper does have a bowl of fresh water inside
11:50And we'll get this one some water
11:57And while I'm out here I want some water the other ones as well
12:05I want some more potting nicks for this one actually
12:08And I think we should fertilise it as well
12:11That's the thing balcony plants do take a lot of looking after
12:16There's going to be no maintenance
12:36Even though this one is dead really
12:38I can't bear not watering something
12:41And there's weeds at the base of it
12:43So I don't want them to suffer
12:46So I still give them water
12:50And even this Bowden Billy
12:52And your Piper's pet grass is going to go in that planter actually
12:56In the white planter
12:57Nothing really survives in that white planter so far
13:00That we've planted
13:01And so I think maybe the grass might be a go
13:05So there you go
13:06All the old plants are watered
13:07The new plants are watered
13:09So like I said
13:10It's going to be a project
13:11They will take a couple of planting sessions I think
13:14So in the meantime
13:16They will sit here looking nice
13:18Now let's see
13:19offen
13:19The new plants are faktور
13:20So here is the new plants
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