You can never have enough...

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Fed the outside lotus today for the first time, it has opened its first leaf, which is tiny, so I hope a nice fat fertiliser pellet will boost it up to produce more. The second aquarium is looking good, I managed to find a very lovely couple of unusual centrepiece plants for that one, a red tiger lotus and a banana lily, which are settling in rather well. And I have popped in several houseplants as well, roots in the water leaves in the air, which makes the two smallish tanks into something much more significant. And a pleasure to look at. One of those plants, a peace lily, has been in for a couple of weeks now and has produced three buds in that time, which is normal for spring, but the height of the stems is extraordinary - it is obviously pulling a lot of food out of the tank water.

I had forgotten how much pleasure there is in playing with these ecosystems, and this time I am setting them up so they can be self sustaining for a week or so, just in case I get summonsed for the new hip.

And I planted my tomatoes out into the garden, not into pots this year. Should be less work involved, again, just in case. We shall see...