Fun With Seeds

[badly_knitted]

I have accumulated an awful lot of seeds over the years, a lot of them old packets, so as I had a patch of garden I cleared last year I thought I'd give some of them a chance. After preparing the ground, I slung all the seeds in an empty yogurt pot, stirred them together, and sprinkled them over the garden, except for the Sunflower and the

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[lexxiescott]

I would seriously love to see a picture of what all comes up this spring and summer. That is a *lot* of flowers. :)

[badly_knitted]

If anything comes up I'll be posting photos. First problem will be trying to determine what's a plant and what's a weed...

[lexxiescott]

As long as the plants don't start fighting I think you'll be okay in the end. *grins*

[badly_knitted]

If they do I'll just have to separate them.

Planning to sow sweet peas and sunflowers in pots. Maybe scatter some more seeds too...

[lil_1337]

That is a very nice mixture of seeds. I hope that they come up and give you some beautiful flowers.

[badly_knitted]

I'll be satisfied if I just get a few flowering plants. I look every time I water the patch, hoping for little seedlings, but working out which are plants and which are just weeds is going to be tough!

[lil_1337]

That is always the challenge.

[badly_knitted]

I'm eyes two or three little bits of green wondering if it's too soon for seedlings. They're probably weedlings, but they'll need to get more leaves before I can be sure.