Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Itchy fingers



My itchy fingers will have to wait a couple more weeks until the days begin to lengthen; the spring equinox is due on March the 21st 2007. Before seed sowing begins in earnest I will have to clean up the old propagator and also pots and seed pans that have been previously used. I have in recent years favoured the use of old food containers which are used only for a season and then recycled.

Whilst in Tenerife I collected seed from this plant which I will have to identify before I can label them.

Winter is about to start in northern Europe and there are bound to be casualties of the weather. Seed and cuttings are a good insurance policy against winter losses.

2 comments:

  1. I can understand the itchy fingers...winter has hung on too long this year, for my liking!

    We've had terrible storms, and I hear Europe had those the last two days, too. Hope you've escaped.

    Happy Spring!

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  2. Winter is still travelling towards us here. The winds are howling but so far no snow. Nature has a great capacity for making fools of us though and it is too early to start counting our chickens!

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