Saturday, July 16, 2011

Seed of delight

You know how it is with seed packets. You spend ages choosing which to get, you open them with eagerness, you plant the seeds, they grow (with luck). Then you put the packet and remaining contents into a box - and promptly forget about it.

I came across a packet of squash not so long ago, with precisely one seed in it. Why I hadn't used it, I don't know. But it seemed right that I plant it and throw away the empty packet.

Now the squash is growing quite handsomely and I have potted it on. There's still a long way to go, but I'm hoping it will develop into something.

Moral: Waste not, want not. Me old mum would be proud of me.


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