My incompetence in the garden is legendary. My skills are limited to cutting, hacking and lugging, and even then only under strict supervision. And as for indoor plants, I either water them too much or not enough, and they all turn brown and fall apart.

So yesterday I decided that enough was enough - I was going to give something back to the garden. So I went out and bought 12 small outdoor flowery plants, two larger potted flowery plants and a hanging basket, planted the plants in the various plant-holding devices, and hung the hanging basket on a hook. I figure they'll last for at least a week or so before they go brown.