Hi,
Thanks for asking and taking an interest Logan. I thought I'd try growing cerastium (Snow in summer) from seed but the only level place in the garden was the top of the pathway bordering stone; anyway I filled about two dozen new pots with potting compost and added the seeds; hardly any rain at all lately because my cloud Blackie must be on holiday now the seeds are sown but his sister Gale remains to dry out the pots as soon as they were watered so in the end I've given up on the idea of trying to grow from seed; plug plants are so cheap through J Parkers saving all the hassle; I couldn't keep up with the watering because every time I looked the compost was dry.
However the thousands of meadow flower seeds I scattered to the mountain top and side garden something is putting in an appearance; many tiny seedlings have popped up and I hope these are the meadow flowers and not weeds; I've been so fed up with Blackie over many years constantly complaining about his presence I think I've hurt his feelings so now he's not going to water the seeds for me? At the very top of the garden I hope to create a small meadow to attract the bees and insect life; this morning I was out Cleaver hunting; last year Cleavers proved to be a real menace so now I'm out everyday ripping them out as soon as they appear.
My next job though is deciding whether to build a second garden hut or a Hobbit House; I favour a Hobbit House but wonder if my hips will stand moving lots of heavy material up the mountain; I need to be a bit more careful these days.
Kind regards, Colin.
Too much time and effort due to the compost drying out rapidly; plug plants are cheap enough.
