Many of you know that I like to sew Night-Scented Stock in our lavish and spacious window box (to which you are all invited when we next have an open gardens day here at our compact but adorable city apartment).
I searched in vain for seeds at local garden centres, but eventually bought 500 online, and they arrived today.
Oh no... Russian?
No! Ukrainian! Hoorah!
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Huzzah!
ReplyDeleteHip hip!
DeleteAnd it says: "For Hobby" on the package! Excellent purchase! Am I remembering it correctly that last year's Night-scented stock did not do so well? Hopefully, this one is a good batch!
ReplyDeleteThe company also sells seeds in bulk, but this range is 'for hobby'. The year before last I used inferior soil and no fertiliser.
DeleteHe he, how are you going to get the thread through them? :)
ReplyDeleteHaha! Good one.
DeleteThank you. I didn't have the nerve to mention it.
DeleteWhen I was at school in England, 'sew' was the correct spelling, but then America took over from Samuel Johnson. 'Sow' was - and still is as far as I am concerned - a female pig.
DeleteInteresting. Taking over from Samuel Johnson, that is. Had he no voice?
DeleteDr Johnson wrote the first English dictionary in the 18th century. Before then you could spell any word how you wanted. He standardised spelling.
DeleteHurrah!
ReplyDeleteWhoopee!
DeleteHopefully. you will have good success with these seeds.
ReplyDeleteThe seed company wished me good luck. I wish them good luck too.
DeleteDo you use the same soil year after year, or start with new?
ReplyDeleteI usually replace half, but last year there was so much grass coming up that I have replaced the lot with shop-bought compost.
DeleteCount me in for the open garden day! I hope you'll have a refreshments stand as well.
ReplyDeleteCream teas.
DeleteGood to see the Ukrainian flag there. Life goes on.
ReplyDeleteYes, that's what I thought. When the bombs dropped in London, the earth was turned over and wild flowers which had not been seen there for a hundred years or more began to grow in the craters. The seeds just lay there, waiting.
DeleteBeautiful with the added bonus that they are from Ukraine. Can't wait for your Open Garden Day when they will be flowering in all their glory. Will H.I be baking Victoria sponges and scones ? You'll be in the National Garden Scheme Yellow Book next year !!! XXXX
ReplyDeleteWe only do it as a tax dodge.
DeleteAnd H.I. doesn't bake anything. I bought a new cake tin yesterday as it happens. I'm planning on seed cake.
DeleteAnd can I find your offer in "Bed and Breakfast for Garden Lovers" too?
ReplyDeleteIt could be arranged informally.
DeleteNothing like the smell of sweet scented stocks. Have you ever thought of an allotment?
ReplyDeleteI thought about it once many years ago and decided that I would probably let it go to weed, so left it to someone who really needs it. H.I. (and her ex) had an allotment once. He did all the digging and everyone else stole the produce.
DeleteIntersperse them with tiny Ukranian flags for a good display.
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