No time to grab the camera despite the gorgeous light. May’s sunshine has brought a flood of group visits, photography days, streams of visitors and plants flying out of the door at a rate of knots. I’ve been frantically restocking the tea room with clean mugs, biscuits and ice-cream and just as frantically keeping the flow of plants coming from the back tunnels. Janet and Tracey have been flat out with potting on and setting out plants and there’s lots more we could do if only we had more hours in a day.
It’s exhilarating and reassuring, but knackering too. I sleep like a log and have shed half a stone since Christmas, largely because I am continually on the move and burning up a lot of unnecessary nervous energy. It’s not lack of appetite, believe me, I wolf food down three or four meals a day and am back for seconds. No, the only thing really niggling at the back of my mind is Tatton Show – I really have to start setting plants aside and nurturing them properly. Every day that they sit around in too-small pots is a day less growing time. But I still have time to spare – so Sue, relax and repeat: – don’t panic, don’t panic, DON’T PANIC!!!!!
5 Responses to “Manic May”
Relax, I have 4 germinated seeds now !!!
Elaine,
That is such good news. I sowed them in the autumn, as recommended, and not a single one germinated. The seeds I sent you were the last batch collected, I put them in my pocket, took them indoors, stuck them in an envelope and put them on my desk and there they stayed until I posted them to you. So no stratification, no keeping cool etc., just as they were. I’ll collect a whole lot more this year and just do the same (except I’ll keep some back this time
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I think the secret may have been to pour boiling water over the seeds in the compost – internet tip – so suggest you try with your ones if you haven’t chucked them !!!Not sure if you were supposed to soak them in boiling water though, but as I’d already planted them thought that was the next best thing, I don’t think the little worm I found in the compost was so impressed though!!yck….
Good luck, hope your still relaxing…..
Hi Elaine,
Well I still have the seed tray, complete with un-germinated seeds so I’ll give it a go. Funnily I’d heard that trick in relation to the ‘cow parsley’ type plants – Pimpinellas, Chaerophyllum hirsutum, etc. I’d not read it re Dictamnus. I’ll give it a go – thanks!
HI Sue
Just found your blog via your website, when I was showing my mum where I visited yesterday! I think you showed my children your tadpoles…we had a lovely afternoon and I have sneaked my new plants into the garden where they look as if they have always been – husband won’t even notice 😉
Just wanted to say hello as it is always polite!