2011 Project365 (day104)
Categories: home, photography
Tags: photo, flowers, project365, forget-me-not
Date: 14 April 2011 20:19:22
A bit of nostalgia here - these forget-me-nots are all over my otherwise manky and full-of-weeds pots out in the back court. The last two cold winters killed off most of the plants apart from the bulbs (and the weeds, sigh), but these have gone mad this year. What I particularly like about these though (and hence the reference to nostalgia) is that they are all self-seeded from the forget-me-nots I grew in my London garden. I just threw some seeds around in the garden, up they came, then the next year without doing anything they appeared all over the garden. And then I came to Glasgow, and the following spring they appeared in the pots, having absolutely not been planted there by me! Now they're spilling out of the pots and growing in the moss on the paving slabs, and in the otherwise weed-ful bits of mud in the back court. I'm so happy, the smallest bit of my beautiful garden is still here :) (too bad whatever I tried I couldn't get the focus right, but the colour is all there!).
Once these start going over I think I'll treat myself to some bedding plants and try and sort out the pots. Now I don't have the thesis, I am feeling ready to have a go at gardening again.