I decided to hurry spring along a bit and germinate some of the sunflower seeds from the bird feeders. The greenfinches won't miss a few.
Place a dry seed on some wet kitchen paper and within a couple days it unleashes one of the marvellous events in the new growing season.
For a more detailed look at what goes on inside delicate new roots, click here
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Hurray, hurray! Very, very beautiful.
ReplyDeleteIt is so good to see something growing. I bought some fresh peas recently and they were sending out shoots so I saved some to grow on for pea-shoot salad.
ReplyDeleteHi Lucy, the thrill of growing plants from seed never wears off, does it?
ReplyDeleteHi toffeeapple, I've grown all sorts of plants from groceries over the years - have you tried growing rice from brown rice) or lentils, or pineapples from a pineapple top? Or ginger from root ginger?
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