• Seven days ago these little green plants were seeds
Seven days ago these little green plants were seeds.
• Seed planter tray, day 6 after planting - a micro nursery
Today, tiny plants now, they sit inside beside the house window to get the sun, after being transplanted yesterday - on day 7 - from a micro nursery planter tray.
Keeping an eye on things from outside the window, especially the chook food in her feeder, is Penny the Chook.
• The seed planter tray is empty and the tiny plants have been transplanted into pots, containers
Other little plants are in pot plants on the deck outside the house.
• Bee mix seeds packet
All the plants feed bees: Borage, Rocket, Buckwheat, Fennel and Brassica.
Sow these in Autumn or Winter; Autumn in Sydney now and the seeds are thriving in their new life.
Sow direct in the garden or pots. Cover seed with 4 mm of of soil or broadcast and keep moist. (Notice the small spray container of water ready to spray on the plants morning and evening.)
• Cost for two packets of seeds: $13.80 including postage from Taree in NSW to Sydney in NSW
Seeds are from Greenpatch Organic Seeds at Taree, New South Wales.
The seeds are ‘untreated, non-hybrid, non genetically modified, open pollinated seeds. Certified organic.” This mix of seeds is called, “Bee Mix” as each attracts and feeds bees.
When I show my love for Earth, as I seek to do each day, something grows in me, too – simplicity, hope.
Thank you to Rhyll, a neigbhbour, and interns - Jaya, Lucy and Maclaine - whose combined efforts gave life to the little seeds and plants.
by
Michael Mobbs