In Preparation of Things to Come – Windowsill Seed Trays
I’m over it now. O. Va. It.
Over what?
Well Winter, to be honest. We’ve had the snow, that was wonderful and I wanted it to stay forever, but now that my Winter wonderland has melted and left slush and dreariness I’m itching for something lighter. This is not news to anybody who has been reading along with me for any length of time, you all know I struggle with the first three months of the year (although this pain is easing as I get older).
Of course what I so often forget as I’m attending the pity party with only one guest, ME, is that there is actually a fair bit to be done to make the arrival of warmer days all the more sweeter. This coming weekend Robert the Husband & I are heading out in to the disaster zone that is the garden to try and do a little tidying up. We have so many trees surrounding our garden that although it makes for the best soil in the world ever, pure composted goodness, the leaves that fall on to the ground need to be swept constantly and occasionally we just leave them for a while. This time around ’the while’ turned out to be between the months of October and February so as you can imagine there is a lot to scrape off the terrace.
And of course there are the seed trays to fill. From the start of February onwards our windowsills are covered in ugly black propagating trays. Yes they are ugly and black and look far less attractive than the ‘stuff’ that used to be there but from them springs forth colour and delight.
This first batch is a ‘Classic Cottage’ mix of seeds which hopefully will turn my garden into something that resembles the picture below…..
Hmmmmmm, anybody else out of touch with reality???!!!
We have a ledge at the top of our garden that was untamable last year and I got sick of looking at it. I intend to get up there while it’s cold and nothing is growing and rip out whatever it is that thinks it owns the place and get a typically English flower fest of my own going. I’ll keep you posted.
We also started a packet of Cineraria Maritima to be used as a border plant, which is described as ’Enchanting Silver Foliage’ and looks like this…
Last year I planted Alyssum along the borders, which looked liked this……
Alyssum is one of my favourite border bedding plants and it needs so little attention, which is another reason I like it so much. It gives off the most syrupy scent of honey and spreads like a dream. I’m bound to use it again this year along a few of the borders simply because its like having a friendly face about the joint.
Anyway, this is how I’m getting through the rest of the Winter, I’m dreaming. Dreaming up a plan for the garden, dreaming of what it will all look like in July and dreaming of feeling the sun on my face and the bees buzzing in my ears.
Speaking of buzzing we had a wasps nest take up residence in one of our sleepers last Summer. I may have to check that it’s most definitely gone before I begin digging around too ferociously. Don’t like getting stung.
Oh yes, and the reason the top two pictures have been changed to sepia is because my windows are FILTHY and they show up less like that!
Cherry xoxox
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