WHAT ABOUT A WINDOW BOX?

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 310, 31 December 1932, Page 2 (Supplement)

WHAT ABOUT A WINDOW BOX?

There arc few forms of pardoning that, arc so pleasant as thai of having a window box. In the first place, of course, it is quite the simplest form of gardening; there is no laborious digging, no tedious weeding, no back-aching hoe-

There is no need to make the box in an elaborate fashion, for flowers look equally well in a roughly made box painted green. The plants may be put into the box already in pots, but if is better to Jill the box with earth and grow the j)lants in it. Before putting the earth in the box, however, holes about the size of a threepenny bit must be drilled in the bottom of the box with a drill. These are to provide drainage. Then there should be a layer of broken stones, and the earth put on top of that. Ordinary earth from the garden will do, but it is better to add some coarse sand if you have it, and if in your walks in the hills you can secure some leaf mould to put with the earth, so much the better. Odds and ends of mortar and lime will also help to provide the flowers with food.

There ale so lnan y flowers that look Moll in window boxes that no complete list can be given. Nasturtiums are particularly good; the yellows and orange tonings always look lovely against the green; blue lobelias are also beautiful, and so are petunias. Then of course there are geraniums, many people spurn these, but a box of bright ied geraniums against a grey wall is a very happy sight.