We had a day of rain this week, and the earth put forth its smells of life and death. In the front yard the heads of dill hung heavy over the African daisies and verbena. I was glad I’d just collected some dill seeds the day before when they were still dry. I expect to see lots of little dill sprouts here next spring from what I didn’t collect.
These trailing orange zinnias are the result of seeds dropping to the ground from last year’s blooms. This year I deliberately collected some of them, too, in hopes of having them in my new back yard garden as well.
The butternut squash vines keep traveling toward the street, and I occasionally steer them to the side. I think they hold enough big fruits to keep me happy through the winter. But I pulled up the basil plants, which I had utterly failed to make use of this summer. I’m hoping to plant some winter greens where they were, so I looked through my seed boxes to see what was handy.
Not much but old, old seeds. The rocket (arugula) seed is from my own garden almost 20 years ago. But sometimes they have life in them, no? So I found a flat in the garage and planted thickly in rows to test them. The rain fell on them, the sun is shining on them where they sit out in the sea of dirt/mud, itself still not improved upon. Now we’ll see if anything happens. I’m pretty sure something will.
Gladsome Lights 
This reminds me of homeschool and projects that we used to do. We are teaching the next generation and the next generation. May God Bless your work for His Glory! Love, Christie
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How nice to have a winter garden! Keep us posted!
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Hoping you get plenteous germination from those seeds. 🙂 Winter greens. An unheard of concept in northern Minnesota! I always loved the idea of an herb garden, but never used them for anything. Not good at following through. Enjoy that squash! 🙂
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I do hope they sprout. I dug out my few packets of seeds today too, seeing what we could put in for this winter — carrots, lettuce, radishes. We want a winter garden too.
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I have lots of seed packs around that I need to test, but I’ve been so lazy about gardening this summer. I did get a few butternut squash before the plant collapsed (I don’t know why it collapsed; I don’t think I did anything wrong), but I wished I’d gotten more. Butternut squash and sage in fall is awfully nice!
xofrances
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The first and last photos are some of most beautiful nature/plant photos I have ever seen. I am in awe.
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I think you must mean a photo other than the one of dirt in the flat!
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