First! The sunflower buds are the size of dollar coins now, and they are extremely leafy. I spent a while this morning picking all the dried leaves off it. I was sadly negligent of watering for the last day or two because of being so busy, but the only a few leaves suffered and they were groomed off and they are already perking up because of it. Also, the third plant has stayed only a few 7 inches and made a bloom, while the other two sunflowers are about 15 inches tall now and are quite impressive in my sill. I don't know just yet but I'd like to say by the end of next week they will begin their bloom.
The new pots of basil have begun to sprout and emerged rather well from their soil. To be honest I was worried they wouldn't even come out of the dirt because the cooling window, but it actually has popped out to my surprise. I planted one extra pot of compact basil and one of pistou basil, so hopefully the house will soon reek of basil and I love that!!! But speaking of sprouts, the cress certainly doesn't even look decent.... kind of sad and its not really full at all and I was thinking perhaps they might not make it, they need to have constant supervision.
Alright, on to the exciting news! There is a new addition thanks to Nicky. Her very fruitful and amazing tomato garden, which happens to be lined with flowers and such, has provided me with seeds! Nicky was ever so kind as to, at the end of the life of this very lovely flower, picked the seed pods and provided them to me. Welcome to the family, PURSLANE!!!
Look at how tiny these seeds are! Its actually a kind of herb from the book and there are some nice uses for it. See now once it's grown you can use it to prevent heart attacks, and strengthen the immune system which will be great for Mik because HSP tends to thrive when his immune sstem is down, so another thing to add and attempt in the long run. Also its great in salads, soooooo lets hope for our new little buddy!
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