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Oooooh this is great to hear! They are doing really well so far so fingers crossed 🌱

Tis the season 🧙🏻‍♀️

Me every video: I have no room in the garden, I don’t know where these are going to fit. Also me: so I bought new seeds cause they are super pretty…

They do look a lot like crocus but I am almost 100% sure I didn’t have any in the old allotment.

I look forward to giving him big bunches of flowers to take home to his wife 🖤

@@fromthewitchsgarden Heehee!

I’m hoping for abundantly, tall and straight😬 I think this year will be good but I will have to keep an eye on it next year and see if I get lots of foliage and no flowers then I know it’s time to space things out more.

I know right 😬 I’m very excited for spring 🌱

Don’t be sorry, each to their own though there is a lot of info about the benefits of no till gardening and on my small garden it makes sense. I do use my pitch fork to break up soil compaction and put air into the soil I just don’t turn it. I hope your garden is blooming beautifully.

It was a really good pairing for me and I would really recommend it though this year I have had to move things around so will be putting my stock with my dahlia. I think it should work the same though with the dahlia starting to come through as the last of the stock is cut. Good luck with your tulip, I will be putting mine out in November and have some really pretty new varieties this year.

Great thank you, I hope they are going to make weird huge gnarly looking flowers to match the weirdness of the corms.

I’m starting to see it may have been a blessing in disguise 🌱

Thank you so much, it’s crazy how much joy a wee jar of flowers on the kitchen table brings me.

I do love oriental poppy but it is still illegal to grow them in Japan due to the effects of the opium wars. I have to be really careful with the poppies I grow here. I am very jealous of your bulb haul, your balcony is going to look amazing!

I am concerned they will be very small but the bulbs are bigger than my muscari bulbs and the picture is definitely more of the full hyacinth form of flower. Also I have never seen deep red and peach muscari for sale. I am thinking they will just be very small/short hyacinth but I’m hoping the bulbs will bulk up over time as the colours are amazing.

Yay for black tulip lovers! I heard Kay Von D moved to the middle of nowhere and planted a huge field of black tulip behind her gothic mansion and now it’s a big tourist attraction. I only have 5 bulbs but it’s a start, might take me longer to grow a gothic mansion though. I will add it to next seasons buy list 🤣

@@fromthewitchsgarden Yes to both! I'd take a field and a yurt...haha!

Yay more daffodils, thank you!

They are amazing aren’t they. I know they won’t be everyone’s cup of tea but I love them!!!

Thank you, I really missed the amaranth in the garden this year. It’s definitely back on the grow list. The queen lime zinnia series are my favourites too but the señorita were much bigger and showy…(off I go to buy seeds)

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Thank you so much! It’s a fresh start, a slightly bigger spot, great soil and water on site so I am hoping for big full vases come spring.

@@fromthewitchsgarden ps, I just booked a trip to Scotland for next year. My great grandparents were Scottish.

Yay! I am jealous. Where are you planning to visit? I went to university in Edinburgh which is beautiful, I really miss nighttime walks across north bridge and down the Royal Mile and grass market, such a lovely vibe and the ghost tours are great. Everyone goes to Edinburgh though so , if you can, get up into the Highlands and Islands.

@@fromthewitchsgarden Thank you for the advice. I will look for those on our free days. Our group tour is taking us to Inverness, Speyside, Perthshire, St Andrews and Edinburgh.

I was pretty devastated about the bulbs 😫 but considering I didn’t think I would have a garden at all a few weeks ago I’m trying to stay positive and the new garden is bigger so more plants YAY. I just found some bronze fennel seeds too, I had to get them from a fancy organic herb grower, I am really excited to see how they do but the picture on the front looks pretty. Thanks for the recommendation.

@@fromthewitchsgarden Great! I grew a Persian Basil that is so lovely. If you could get any of those seeds to grow I don't think you would be disappointed. It's really pretty while blooming and more so after.

Thank you, I’m glad I only have to do that once!

I was getting really worried that we wouldn’t find anywhere and finding this was pretty good luck and following lots of little leads. I do think I got the best plot in the garden though and water with a hose!!!!

We were all so hot, dirty and sweaty but once the plants were out of one garden we had to get them in the new garden asap so there was no stopping once we started.

The family were into it for a good 5 minutes before getting bored and running off to play in the forest bit behind the garden. We all survived though.

I’m so glad I found somewhere as I was seriously running out of options. It’s a huge piece of land and I think her and her husband realized they couldn’t look after it themselves so it’s a win win for everyone.

Thank you. The sun is shinning again so hoping to get everything started this weekend.

Japan has great public transport, just not to here😂 I don’t think my fellow bus passengers would appreciate my muddy sweaty self lugging flowers and a bored toddler on the bus either.

Yeah I thought that but the seed packet definitely said if I planted them in autumn they would flower the following spring so I was hopeful. I hope they don’t mind being dug up and moved to the new plot.

Right, I am off to look for some hellebore seed as I would love to have more in the garden. Some of the ranunculus I ordered just arrived and are seeds not corm so it may be my year for seed starting.

You can just message me on here. I’m not much of a chrysanthemum expert but I will try my best to help.

Thank you so much. I am itching to get on to my new plot and start trying to transplant what can be saved. My seeds for the coming season have started arriving too which always fills me with hope that next season will be better.

Ooooh this sounds like a good little experiment for me. Thanks for the suggestion.

It took me a REALLY long time and lots of asking random people to find my new garden and it just isn't an option for most of the others at my current allotment. A tiny allotment garden may seem trivial to some but for the old people it really is a life line; affordable food, exercise, social life and a reason to get up and out of the house. It really is heartbreaking for them.

Burnt Taco, that is hilarious. Wouldn't it be great if we were allowed to rename plants: Disappointing Wishy Washy Zinnia, Just Meh, Pollen Drop Nightmare.

@@fromthewitchsgarden Yes!

There is so little available land around here. There is so much farm looking land around but the rules about using it are very strict and make it impossible for farmers to (legally) lease it out. Most people in apartments have small balconies, usually used for drying washing but talking to some of the others at the allotment it seems that some are going to grow there instead but it will literally be a few pots, nothing comparable to the allotment. It is frustrating and sad.

It was devastating news but I am trying to roll with it and find new options. Let’s see how much can be saved!

Heart broken after all the work and planning but new garden = new opportunities (I hope).

It was the quartet type and I have just found the seeds for it for next spring!!! I’m not allowed to grow bread seed poppies in Japan because they can be used to make opium so I am searching for other varieties that make the nice big pods. Snapflags🤣

Thank you so much. I took ikebana (Japanese flower arranging) lessons for a while which taught me that you only really need 3-4 flower stems to make an impactful arrangement. I am also slowly honing in what colours, shapes and textures I like in flowers so that I can grow a more coherent colour palette and flower selection so I should have the basis for a nice bouquet at all times of the year.

Yay suggestions, thank you. I googled it and it looks like a great filler and maybe something to replace my fennel which came up really early but also died pretty quickly when it started getting hot. It is a perennial, does it die right back in winter or take up space all year? It’s also self seeding, does yours spread much?

@@fromthewitchsgarden I don't think it will die back in your climate. I don't think mine dies completely back and we get way below freezing maybe it does. Gosh I can't recall. No mine doesn't spread much but it's not in a great location. I hope to start some from seed in early spring so I can establish a larger patch because it's one of my favorite plants to have growing in my garden. It's also a host plant for Giant Swallowtail butterflies here. Did you try bronze fennel?

The bronze fennel is on my seed hunting list, fingers crossed.

Also - love the stocks!! One of my absolute fav flowers for scent! 😊

Thanks, I am really looking forward to them blooming.

The summer heat has kicked in this week but luckily (for me) rainy season dragged on a couple of weeks longer than usual so the garden was actually pretty well watered.

I had guests this week so was very happy to have a full vase of flowers out to welcome them.

You’re welcome, I hope it helps your garden grow.

Thank you. I am heading to the allotment later today so will share pictures of the chaos.

Thank you. I had a great time. It has been raining heavily since I got back but heading to the allotment later today. Fingers crossed.