"I started the window box project in autumn and focused on hardy plants that would be attractive over winter. I mixed delicate white s with and in one trough, and planted an array of winter salad leaves including and in another. It all looked lovely for a good while. But I confess the carex is currently half dead and the cyclamens decidedly unwell. The salads that weren't eaten have grown legs and gone to seed. After a winter thinking about medicinal plants, food growing, and , it's time for an overhaul using my new knowledge."