Showing posts with label hyacinth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hyacinth. Show all posts

Monday, February 6, 2012

And so it begins...

After the mess that was my home office last Spring I decided to invest in some proper seed propagation trays this year in order to keep my house looking a little less like a crazy person had taken over.

Quite a difference!


All of the precise little pockets are filled with John Innes seedling compost, and each is just waiting for me to plant a little seed into it tomorrow.

I was also astounded by the resilliance of nature when I stumbled across three wrinkled Hyacinth bulbs, which despite having been lingering at the bottom of a soilless pot for over 12 months in my shed are not only sprouting but boasting flower buds.  Needless to say they have been rescued and tucked in to a pot of compost, watered and given pride of place on my dining room table.  I wonder if they will flourish, or reel back into hibernation from the shock of such lavish attention following their cruel neglect?