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 21^st 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.