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I bought one single white poppy plant last year, and the seeds have spread through the garden.They are quite a sight just now, and last for days in light air. They open with the light in the morning, keeping their beautiful faces to the sun during the day, and then close at night. The white is quite surreal in the dusk.
I used to cook to relax. I still relish my cooking, but the garden is my retreat. To walk around and see the changes each day, each little movement in the plants, the comfort of the great big worms in good rich soil, the return of the bees after so many barren years, it gives me great joy. And just to sit...The bees love borage which is great news for the early broad beans. I love this white variety, but keep thinking I must get a blue as well - it is striking in the garden.The leaves are great shredded into a salad, a little like cucumber.
The flower auctions in Mount Wellington are amazing, and will take some serious focus to keep abreast of what is happening. Sally says she will send up some flowers and foliage from her beautiful garden at The Ridges too, which will offer some variation from the usual commercial varieties. Hopefully I will be able to get other ardent gardeners to do the same.
The trays are large, and very sturdy. |
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