No more 'settling' - only the BEST 'seeds' for me now!

I found a video created on 6 October 2012, which I can't believe was the last time I visited my allotment garden.  I'm really missing it.

London has been very wet and rainy, for too many days now.  Even when the sun shines, the ground is still sodden (no good for gardening.)

Soooo many times this last fortnight I decided to visit my allotment, and each time the weather changed my mind.  

One day I even got as far as the bus stop! But then the skies opened again and (feeling a bit of a wimp) I sloped back home.  

I'm getting to the stage where I am determined to go.  Rain or shine.  Sleet or snow.  I just need to see it. 

I want to check-in with my garden, even if the soil is too wet to dig, and even if I can't yet plant out my broad beans and oriental lettuces.

The broad beans are just some of the new seeds that arrived recently from RealSeeds.co.uk.  I decided I could not wait for Santa, so I ordered a little pre-Christmas-batch, just 5 packets.

(Believe me, I could have bought many more). J
..... It's okay Santa, I still have a big list for you.

To make room, I cleared out my old seed boxes, and have decided to give away any seeds that are not organic or Real. 

It's organic seed only for my darling allotment garden, from now on.

Because of the endless sorry-no-gardening-today rain, I've satisfied my green fingers (or green thumb), with a bit of Indoor Gardening.  

I've planted some herb seeds (basil, rocket, and chives) and am thrilled that they have grown into beautiful little seedlings. 

Plus, this week I'm getting myself back into raw food so I'm sprouting beans and grains (to eat).  The cold weather sent me scurrying back to cooked food, but I'm missing the fresh raw - and it just feels right for me lately.

So here's the video -  I've enjoyed watching it ... and seeing the sunshine again, and re-connecting with my little garden, albeit from afar.

I imagine when I eventually get there (hopefully this weekend) it will all look very different. 

GARDEN MUSINGS:  

It occurs to me that I am also clearing out old seeds from my life.  
Things I thought I wanted, that I have decided I do not want after all.

I have been very honest with myself, and decided that no longer will I settle for anything other that what I really want.

I am planting new seeds - in the form of ideas for new projects, and new ways of working.  And I feel very excited about the seedlings that are already beginning to emerge.  Strong and vibrant, and grown with love.

It's funny... even though everything is dying down at the allotment, it still looks so beautiful to me.  The Autumn colours and dying-leaf patterns are amazing.

I feel excited about all the new organic Real Seeds I have in my seed box. Ready to plant, when the weather, time, and environment is 'right'.

I know the organic Real Seeds I have are good ones, and I'm confident that the resulting plants will reap me an abundant and beautiful harvest.

So let's see how my garden and my life mirror that confidence. Can't wait!

Technical Problems are OVER - good to be back!

I am so relieved to be back to my blog. I had some 'password issues'... but I won't dwell on that, (or re-live my frustration) as all is fine now.

At home, my window-ledge plants are dying down for the winter, but I still have some window-box tomatoes to harvest. I can't remember the names of the tomatoes … all I know is that the Big Round Ones are sweet and juicy, and the Large Plum Ones are a little 'floury'.

Even though I did not feed either of them, one of them did well, and the other didn't. I know you're supposed to feed them but, I wanted to see how they would do without it.

Now I know. Not great.

I reasoned, that Nature doesn't have a bottle of tomato feed to hand, and hoped they'd grow well anyway. So, I was half right.  Half the tomatoes did, half the tomatoes didn't.

Ho hum ... I make my own mistakes and I learn by them. Next year I shall feed all the tomatoes (with some good organic feed of course).

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Sometimes, I get the odd gardening tip from a fellow plot holder. But mostly I do my own thing. I think I like it that way. I love learning as I go along. I'm often amazed at how much I already instinctively know. Where did I learn these things? Buried memories of past episodes of Gardener's World? Possibly.

Anyway, the allotment garden is still producing and I'm thrilled. Runner beans, tomatoes, lemon-balm, chives, blackberries, wild rocket, lettuce - and I still have a fair number of marigolds.

I like to grow flowers as well as vegetables. It's good to nourish my soul with beautiful flowers, as well as nourish my body with organic veggies.

Marigolds are so easy, as they self-seed and pop up everywhere. You simply weed them out where you don't want them. But usually, because I love them, I let most of them grow. They are gorgeously beautiful. Vibrant shades of orange and yellow - like the colours of the sun.

Here's a video I took at the end of August - I meant to post it earlier. I'm displaying my allotment loot. I only pick and bring back what I need, hence the seemingly 'small haul'!

At the moment, I can't get my Flip camera to work, so I've no idea when I'll make another video. I miss it!