We have a mole in our wild flower garden where for a few weeks now he’s just been active in the lower far end, with just one eruption of soil to spoil the seedling view. However, he’s now moved up to the top end, creating four fresh mounds of earth right in the heart of seedling territory. Apparently, this soil is very good to use for other plantings and sowings: moles are a very mixed bane for the garden and gardener!
Seedlings doing well but mole hills now disturbing the soil !!! 30/6/15 at 8th week
see how are seedlings are growing……30/6/15 – at 8th week
the seedling crowd scene…..30/6/15 at 8th week
Our 9th week of gardening begins today, 2nd July and 2nd week of high growth with our tallest seedlings now measuring 12 1/2″.
worm’s-eye view of growth to 12 1/2″ height 22/7/15
Kew’s country cousin, Wakehurst Place, have provided their seedling development photographs for identification of growing seedlings, Stage 3 of which are now viewable on GWS website showing true leaf growth which I’m finding very helpful.
We have our first tiny seedling flower today at the back border, which is very exciting and recently I spotted a first flower head on another tall-growing plant at the front of the border. Here’s our first flowering seedling…
1st flowering seedling 7/2/15
I have also transplanted one seedbox of seedlings preparatory to they’re going into our phase 2 bed which needs still more digging to make it ready…
transplanted seedbox seedlings 2/7/15
Phase 2 patch soil is mostly stones, lumps of cold bonfire detritus, twigs and general rubbish including roots. This has been raked and cleared of the larger stones and lumps and today I’ve added a good deal of the garden’s well-rotted compost, spreading it across the patch and mixing it in together with the original soil; this is stage 2 of preparation for growing. I think phase 2 garden still needs more added compost or top soil which I’ll add next week; then l think the garden will be ready to take some of our growing seedlings…
Stage 2 of Phase 2 – added compost to basic stoney ashy soil 2/7/15
And here’s a photo of our wild flower seedlings, looking very healthy and vigorous…
the seedling view 2/7/15
Margaret Halstead