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A happy family of Livingstone Daisies - from last year
07/05/2008 by Ted.
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Hello from Ted
07/05/2008 by Ted.
Hello everyone.
It has been a while since anything was written so I thought I would break the silence.
What lovely weather we have been having recently - perfect for being out and about in the garden. I have a wonderful crop of dandelions this year. Such beautiful flowers with their brilliant yellow petals. They really do brighten the place up.
My display of spring flowers (daffodils, narcissi, tulips etc) are just starting to fade away, and in the woods there are carpets of bluebells. It is a sign that the year is passing. Next month is June and on the 21st is the longest day - ouch.
I have had a lovely couple of days watching my Mesembryanthemum seeds turn into tiny plants. It is really amazing. Two days after I had put the seeds into their container minute white plant growth was visible. I placed them outside on the lawn in the sunshine and gave them plenty of TLC (tender loving care) and had the joy of watching them emerge from the compost and produce their first two tiny leaves - in two days. Wow! The seed (really a fertilised plant egg consisting of millions of tiny cells) undergoes exactly the same transformation as a human egg does when it is fertilised. The genes within each of the millions of cells stir into life and start their individual processes to create a new life and build a new flower - a beautiful Livingstone Daisy. I watched it happen and I was thrilled.
Mesembryanthemum seeds are tiny and it is difficult to sow them individually. The seed packet instructions say that those in excess of one appearing in an individual container should be thinned out, ie. pulled out and disposed of - just like human abortion - so we even do it to baby plants. I wont be doing that though. For me every one of those little plants is exactly the same as every other one and deserves the chance to live and be beautiful just like the others. A container full of them in flower is absolutely beautiful. Even though there are perhaps too many in each container they happily each get on with doing what they do best all together - just like families.
Right, must go now.
Love to all,
Ted.
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