Spring in the Garden

Spring in the Garden
Showing posts with label Propagation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Propagation. Show all posts

Thursday, 14 April 2011

Survival of the fittest

The peas are coming along nicely
as are the fuchsia seedlings



I went away for a few days, getting back Monday.  Our daughter was in charge of the chickens and I had also asked her to water our seedlings, especially if the weather was warm as it had been on Wednesday.  Well, she didn't forget entirely, but the seedlings were on the dry side when I got home and some had perished, but the majority survived, which they wouldn't have done if she had forgotten entirely.  She is only 19 and doesn't see the point in gardening.


A few of these tagetes, marigold and cosmos seedlings are no longer,
but most have survived.  I shall have to resow the summer savoury, though.



Some of the beetroot seedlings have expired,
but we had more than we needed.



The leeks look promising so far

Saturday, 26 March 2011

Sowing Seeds


The weekend before last hubby and I sowed some seeds in cardboard cells using organic seed compost.  In the last few days some have started to sprout.

Beetroot seedlings





Cosmos seedlings

Leeks are slower to germinate.  These were sown in the cardboard tubes from toilet rolls.