Sounds like it should be a bestselling novel (ooooh, I challenge you to write the book) but in fact is just a description of the current status of my wedding flowers. A while back, CBC and I agreed that we would love to have wildflowers as our decorations at our reception (and obviously at the church). We then thought it would be good to grow our own in order to guarantee we could get them. I read in Woman's Own magazine once that a lady sent packets of cornflowers to her guests to grow and bring to the wedding with them with the wedding invites and squirreled this idea away in my mind. Anyway, so we went to a garden centre in Hexham to buy seeds- we were told my favourite ox-eye daisies wouldn't grow in time, we'd need half-annuals (this was mid-April) so we bought poppies, cornflowers and cosmos. Under my Mum's guidance, I raked the ground and then watered it and then mixed up the seeds and sprinkled them. I left them and went back inside to do stuff. When I came back out, there didn't seem to be any seeds there. I wondered 2 things: 1) they'd sunk into the ground, 2) the birds had eaten them.
Anyway, I hoped for the best and have continuedly watered them each morning as I get up. After a week or so, when I couldn't see anything (and was still thinking of those potential bird thieves), I decided to do the same again with a different bed (bought more seeds). Same thing happened. Still watering....
Then I decided to buy some of those long bedding pot things plant holders and follow the instructions precisely and keep them inside. I didn't use new compost but used my own compost from my garden. SOMETHING is starting to grow but I'm not sure if it is indeed the seeds or something that was in the compost. I've started another of these long pots but put outside with homemade cloches (essentially strawberry punnets).
The thing is- in the FIRST batch of seeds in the actual ground, pictured above, things are growing. BUT, since I am a complete novice at this (doing it on my own without mum actually coming to look at them), I have no idea if I am religiously watering weeds or bonafide wildflower plants. OR, marigolds that are usually in that bed!???
Trying to formulate a plan if the wildflowers are no-go! Any ideas? I was thinking of going to Columbia Road market the day before but apparently it only opens on a Sunday!
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Re the outfit above-
Peter pan collar dress: Appletree Boutique, Portobello road, Sailor cardie- Collectif, Umbrella- gift, shoes- random local shoe-shop whose name I forget, Chilli-pepper earrings- blogswap gift from Jille.
Just discovered the HANDWASH setting on my washing machine so I might just wear this dress and cardie more often since I can shove them in the washing machine now instead of them festering at the bottom of my washing basket until I can be bothered to handwash them! Yippeeee!!! Shame about the rain!