I’ve always had plants in this flat. The rule is that they have to be okay with some slight neglect because I’m terrible at remembering to water them.

When Tina and Charles left St Leonards Road I was ‘gifted’ some plants, a lemon scented pelargonium, a couple of begonias and they survived, In fact the pelargonium has spawned many offspring, and I currently have another one in the living room.

I acquired a spider plant, I now have two (they have also spawned many babies)

Then came the orchids. I currently have three.

There is a small collection of succulents too!

Finally, the new addition is the lemon tree. Which takes a lot more care than the others.

The only real problem is light, I live in a flat with no windowsills (the bathroom does and the kitchen has a counter but plants need light and while I do have a grow light set up for the allotment having that up all year round would drive me crazy.

So I need to stop adding plants, before it gets out of control!