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| Eucomis comosa "Sparkling Burgandy" seedlings from seeds sown a couple of weeks ago. Full size plants last seen here. |
Well, I have spent some of it on the allotment clearing up and sorting out after well-meaning brothers-in-law weed-killed most of my foxgloves (!!!) and dug up the rest (@!#*!!) to plant shitting old potatoes.
Anyway, before we get to the allotment photos - because of course there are allotment photos - the other day I remembered about all those seeds I collected from East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens back in September: they were still wrapped up in black paper on my book shelf! Kicking myself for forgetting about them, I hurriedly sowed them. Yesterday I noticed the first little sprouts pushing through the compost, so here are photos to prove it, along with some of previously sown seeds which are now seedlings/plants.
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| Crinum (or the like) sown around the end of 2019 |
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| Left: Dianella caerulea Flax lily, and right: the "unknown" seeds sprouting |
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| Nothing going on here except that the wispy grass seed has sprouted |
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| The tall pointed leaved thing on the right is an Echium, or Giant Viper's Bugloss, sown from seeds from one of this lot back in July 2017. This is its flowering year (I hope)! |
And here's the allotment (last featured here):
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| All foxgloves around the edges have been thoughtlessly murdered. As have those that were growing where the cleared patches are! Grrrr.... |
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| It was boiling (sheltered from the cool wind up here) so I had to remove my hoody and top. Don't worry, I didn't blind anyone with pallid winter flesh - I had a t-shirt on. |
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| The actual, non-adjusted blue sky! |
What have all of you been up to this weekend?
Could we please have a "shed tour" next?
ReplyDeleteI'll see what I can do. Although, it won't take long as there are only so many plant pots, spiders, and bags of mysterious items to look at...
DeleteOoh, I can't wait to see what the "unknown" seeds turn out to be! Our kitchen is currently overloaded with more Ipomoea (particularly "Kniola's Black") than we know what to do with... We also have "Black-Eyed Susan", "Elegant Clarkia" and Salvia coccinea up - in fact, anything left over from last year has gone in and hope for the best.
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PS lesson learned - never let anyone else loose on your garden/allotment without a strict set of instructions!
I know! I'm more than a little excited at what these seedlings will turn out to be. Probably something far too vigorous and full of poison...
DeleteI think "left overs" will be a theme for many a garden this year - including mine. Whatever type of seeds are languishing from last year will be sown - I must get on with that as Spring is ticking by - I'm even contemplating sowing some wild bird seed (for the sunflowers and a delicate, pretty little annual that has sprung up underneath bird feeders in previous Castles Device.
Oh, and the Brothers-in-Law were not allowed - their separate visits were a horrible, horrible surprise.
"Far too vigorous and full of poison". I know a few people like that. Jx
DeleteWhat have all of you been up to this weekend? I hear you ask. Here at Flange everyday is like Sunday! I have a post pending about a mystery bulb I picked up in the gutter I was going to wait until it flowered, but I need to know what it is now.
ReplyDeleteA mystery bulb? How fascinating! You'd better hope it's not Audrey II or a triffid...
DeleteSpring is springing and your sprout is sprouting. How very enticing. That said the closest thing I get to a sprouting is the occasional white tulips or daffodils these days.
ReplyDeleteI had thought your "white tulip" a euphemism as I'd heard or seen something to do with white tulips reasonably recently. Turns out it was an episode of "Fringe" (starring Joshua Jackson) that I was remembering.
DeleteAs you were. (Unless of course it *was* a euphemism??)
What would a white tulip be? I’m kind of curious now.
DeleteI'm sure Idon't know, 'Petra. I fear anything I suggest will be more fuel for Hound's innuendo fire!
DeleteStill slugging it out with shingle-y thing so the autumn pruning and tidying has gone troppo.Literally!
ReplyDeleteBut I've made a start and ripped down masses of Antigonon (I like to keep some for the bees)and pulled some weedy Euphorbia.
I weep for your foxgloves!I hope you feed seed from them.
Oh, no! Still subjected to shitty shingles? Surely they must disappear soon?
DeleteAntigonon looks very pretty - and also invasive?
No, I don't have any foxglove seeds - I tend to just move self-seeded ones to where I want them. Not this year, though. Fortunately, Indescribable has loads of self-seeded foxgloves in her garden (just down the road), so I popped in and helped myself (with her permission, of course).
Can I just point out that the innuendo started before I got here?
ReplyDeleteActually I have an awful feeling I know what a white tulip would be a euphemism for. Not that I've ever seen one in reality of course.
What I love about your blog is you write posts about terribly Waitrose subjects like gardening and all of a sudden, there we all are, talking about geraniums.
"Terribly Waitrose subjects"? Our household here at Dolores Delargo Towers is "terribly Morrisons", actually - and they sell much better plants! Jx
DeleteWell, yes, I grant that on this occasion, there might have been a modicum of innuendo/euphemism that erupted without your stoking-of-the-fire, so to speak, Hound.
DeleteOh, now look what you've made me do!
Morrison's Jon? Needs must, I suppose? And if they do sell better plants, at least you have an excuse...
Actually, I did make an emergency visit to Morrison's in Cromer two or three weeks back but they didn't have what I wanted anyway. Since lockdown, if I do have to go to the shops, it's Co-op also in Cromer (lovely and civilised) or the village shop here in Overstrand (convenient if a bit claustrophobic). Neither sell plants though - good or bad.
I washed a couple of windows so that I could see my overgrown garden more clearly. And then I thought about ordering some curtains.
ReplyDeleteI have been trying to get over a bug - a hangover from that stupid cold I kept mentioning in February.
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Oh, Ms Scarlet! I am so sorry - I have been meaning to email you for ages to see how you are, but keep getting distracted or forgetting. I trust that now the bug has slung its hook (or is at least creeping away)?
DeleteI can relate to MsScarlet's hangover, some days one should simply stay in bed, no doubt about it ...
ReplyDeleteI haven't had one of those days for ages, but I know what you mean. Actually, your talk of hangovers has made me think of Sylvaner, which means that I will doubtless buy a bottle of wine on Thursday (my weekly visit to the village shop for essentials) and, perhaps, on Friday I may really know what you mean!
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