Long Mizzle Garden

 Hello m' peggies, Propagation stations are go! I'm plotting for car boot sale domination next spring. I shall sell plants to feed my plant addiction AND hard biscuit fund. Well, action is necessary seeing as there's an energy crisis, a cost of living crisis and a beyond bobbins government crisis! This is why I've been working extra hours. Working like a dog and sleeping like a log.       The pink river lilies burst forth on Monday -  (Hesperanta coccinea)  This fantastic book is on loan from the library. I'm not ready to give back yet - The window ledges are fast turning into aqua propagation stations -     Miss Amarylis (Hippeastrum) is having her second bloom of the year, out on the top patio table - Her little bulb offsets sit in pots beside her - At this time of year , the Aoniums start putting on some serious muscle. Here's some Tree Aenoium stems, with adventitious roots already developing. They will readily strike when placed in a pot...

 Hello m' soapy suds,    Well, I don't think I'll be going out gardening in today's pelting hail storms, so it'll be a day for indoor sowing. There are more window ledges yet to be filled with promising pots of mud. I have a big bag of sowing compost strategically positioned by the newspaper plastered dining table. The seeds are ready. The teapot is on.  Some pots have had a luxury spa jaccuzi treatment already -   I popped to town during the week and decided to take a punt on some Wilkos ginger and echinacea packs. Regular blog readers will know of my love of ginger cake and my distress over last years depleted global harvest. The echinaceas I have tried 'bareroot' before and they didn't take. Fingers crossed this time! Last night, we had a super early tea, then I potted them up whilst watching Neighbours. The littlest joined me and used the hamster saw dust that came with the ginger tuber to make a casserole dish farm, complete with random vicar. Then ...