Nic's Windowsill Take 2 garden

The chives are flowering – so pretty!

Purchased this guy from the Herbal Haven stall at the Innocent Village Fete 2008

Purchased this guy from the Herbal Haven stall at the Innocent Village Fete 2008

Seems like I only got a couple of weeks of admiring the beautiful blooms when it got hit quite suddenly by what looks like powdery mildew. I’m thinking it’s got to be due to the warm wet weather that we have been having lately, but it was so fast to take over the entire container and kill everything off.

Oh well, it was pretty while it lasted anyway. Definitely going to plant some more of these in the future again.

At last – a different colour poppy appears! So much for a mix – they are 99% yellow!

Hurray! The first weird looking hairy pod opened up overnight and this magnificent flower popped out from inside. It was such a shock to open the blinds in the morning and see this – makes me think that I could do more of this whole flower growing business (don’t tell Nath though, he doesn’t much like plants he can’t eat!)

I have never grown Poppies before, so I’m really shocked at how ugly they are just before they bloom. Really weird stuff!