The weather this week has just been miserable! Rain, mist, drizzle, downpour, storms - - - the variety of ways to get wet while performing ordinary tasks outside has been breathtaking. The eggs got broken in the grocery parking lot while I was busy trying to wipe rain out of my eyes.
BUT, I had to keep smiling because this is perfect weather for seeds! On Monday, just before the rain began, I mean right before the rain started....I planted my seeds for this summer. I've kept seed packets from every year of planting, and even some that I got from a friend that are really old! So, instead of buying (alot) of seeds this year, I used leftovers from previous years. This is good for the budget, but not very hopeful for a yield since old seeds don't do as well as new.
I always try my hand at sprouting some sweet pea plants and am never successful. My Dear Mother-in-Law has heaps of these - they are SOOO beautiful as a cut flower! I'm always trying to grow some, but it's always a dismal failure! This year may be different - the gardener's motto - the orangish blooms pictured above on the right are the ones I'm keeping my fingers crossed for this year. "Everlasting" - great name!
Every year, though, I plant zinnias - the most cheerful summertime flower. All kinds and they always produce wonderful plants and blooms with minimal care. This was another one of my buys for the season - "Peppermint Stripe" zinnias. !!! Can't wait to see how those turn out!
"Other seeds fell into the good soil, and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."
Mark 4:8