Rosomania- An obsession with roses..
I'm suffering from a case of serious "Rosomania".. It occurs during the winter months (Oct-March) where one feels compelled to buy roses of all colors shapes sizes as well as prices. It is accompanied by frequent trips to the nursery to hunt for new roses that haunt...
Latest beauties in my garden...
TRANSPLANT MESS..
Started transplanting yesterday and realized that i have TOO many seedlings.. and i mean TOOOOOO many!! and its nt just the quantity.. its the variety as well.. i'm baffled already! this winter is a complete makeover.. i'm throwing away old plants.. keeping few in...
The hyacinth bean is doing well and one seed infact gives a very clear view of the first set of leaves appearing.. isn't it so exciting?? Diamophotheca has also begun to unfurl leaves and i might get around 8-10 good plants.. enough because it spreads very well and is...
It was a day of surprises.. before going to clg i checked out the seeds in the morning and discovered to my delight that alyssum golden has finally started germinating.. i was losing hope each day as its siblings(white and purple) took 4 days while this one took 11.....
My garden in Delhi..
Day before yest, i'd gone for a case study.. purely study related stuff.. and guess what did i come back with? yes!! plants.. 🙂 its a universal fact by now that no matter wherever i go, i come back with plants/seeds.. not my fault though.. they follow me everywhere!!...
I find germinating in baggies very cute.. a few months ago i'd experimented to see if i could get a hang of it.. getting positive results prompted me to try it out this season.. so apart from the seeds in containers i have a few in baggies which include nasturtium,...
Just a quick post to report that i peeked in this morning and saw signs of life in Allyssum- white n purple, cynoglossum and a few seeds from colorado mix:) More tom.. too tired today! off to sleep zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I JUST CAN'T STOP SOWING SEEDS!!!! Maybe because they never stop germinating for me.. (and i hope they don't) I'm back to delhi and bought some seeds along with me to sow n grow here.. so today i set out with a bag of compost ,empty plastic containers and seeds.. the...
Who said planting bulbs is easy? When u talk of a bulb, it is said.. remove soil-place bulb-replace soil.. sounds easy right? no! in my case as i experienced today its more like "hunt a non planted pot-wet soil-remove weeds-break clumps-add bonemeal-mix soil-remove a...
Third and final round of seed-sowing accomplished.. i'm feelin so relieved.. i thought its a bit late as i'm already seeing greenhouse pansies blooming but its nice to see all the effort showing green color(as in germinating.. hehe) Re-arrangement of conatiners has...
SEEDSSSSSSSSS
Since i last updated there has been a lot happening in the garden.. I have sown seeds like crazy and they have come up the same way too..Trays.. boxes.. plastic containers.. small pots.. everything is full of nothing but soil n seeds.. Though its november and it isnt...