They were certainly well ready for planting and only the weather had held up the process. I reckon if it's too cold for me its too cold for the plants!
I erected a wigwam of 6 canes and as I'd got a theoretical packet of 10 seeds from the Heritage Seed Library but an actual packet of 11, I put 2 seedlings by each cane except the last.
I wrapped hairy green garden string around each cane to form a spiral for the peas to grow up until they get going, and amongst and between I did the black cotton thing. At least we quilters are never short of a bobbin of black cotton at crucial moments.
As an afterthought I went back with a bit of old plastic netting that was too torn to use to cover a bed. A strip of this went around the base of the pyramid as another layer of protection from the pigeon population. I didn't see a pigeon - I think they perpetrate dawn raids! - but I was roundly scolded by a male blackbird!
Afterwards I planted out my Oregons in the garden at home and pricked out 2 trays of each of Busy Lizzie and Lobelia for the summer display. Today, although there's a cool breeze, it feels like summer might come.
The small pond in the front garden is now a riot of Marsh Marigold. One of its common names is May Blobs but it's been in flower since early March and I think is having its best season yet. We've already had some 'pups' off it for another pond in the village. I think it will be splittable again this year.
I might risk sowing a squash or two later - I can't go too mad as I'm almost out of potting compost.
Then I feel a restful session of hand-quilting coming on!
2 comments:
You definitely deserve a sit-down and some hand quilting aftr all that activity. Peas look great, so does the Marsh Marigold.
I should think you needed that restful session of hand-quilting after all that activity. Hope you enjoyed it?
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