Winter is here! Time to give up on germinating seeds and shift to knitting little jumpers for the seedlings we already have. Or perhaps I’ll organise an old-sock-drive, the ones with threadbare holes in the toe would do the job nicely; slip them over a pot and leave an escape hatch for any masochistic seedlings […]
Seed Propagation – And So Ends the Journey of the Seed
At long last! After three drawn-out months of scrambling through undergrowth and dangling from tree-tops (seed collection), of gastrointestinal anguish and carpal-tunnel syndrome (seed processing), and of complete and utter phonetic confusion (having to learn Latin just to understand the identification books), the moment of glory has arrived – chucking that damn seed at a […]
Seeds Processing – Unwrapping Nature’s Packaging
Since last newsletter with my article on seed collection, you may well have overwhelmed yourself with boxes- and buckets-full of seeds, now awaiting your attention. But what to do? Luckily for you, it’s not too technical. Sure, there’s lots of interesting scientific information about how seeds grow and what turns their germination on (or off), […]
