The one where I pot on a load of seedlings and run out of pots.
Category: Flowers
I can’t have a garden without growing flowers. There’s no substitute for real flowers – some with their wafting scents, others with their delicate petals, and some with their striking colours. I love them, and my friends the bees love them too. I love roses, tulips, sweet peas, and blue flowers.
Springtime colour from Tulips, Dicentra, and the Wallflowers
The one where flowers bring a sea of colours to the garden.
Marching on with some first-time growing and mowing
The one where I sow some new kinds of plants, and give the lawn its first mow of the year.
The first seedlings appear
The one where the first bright green seedlings appear like a fanfare for the growing season.
Sow here we go!
The one where I start sowing plants outdoors and fill the propagators.
The Crocuses and Daffodils announce the Spring
The one where the bulbs brighten up the garden, and help the bees.
The buds and blooms begin to brighten the garden
With buds fit to burst, and flowers opening all over the garden, there’s something new to see in the garden every day.
Sowing Courgette, Squash, and Nasturtium seeds
With Spring in full force, it’s time to get the courgette and squash seeds sown.
The Garden Springs Forward
We’ve just had a mild week here in the East of England, and so the garden has woken up to throw lush green leaves skywards. It’s been the perfect time to get out there.
A snowless Saturday and a windowsill of seedlings
It’s a busy Saturday in the garden as Winter eases off. There’s sowing, pricking out, and shed sorting to do!
