The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #131922   Message #3884663
Posted By: Steve Shaw
25-Oct-17 - 07:45 PM
Thread Name: BS: Signs of Autumn
Subject: RE: BS: Signs of Autumn
Well I reckon you have a good few years left in you! I always tell Mrs Steve that I can't die this coming winter because I've just planted out my purple sprouting for next spring and I'm damned if I won't be around to eat it! I'm pretreating some stone pine seeds in my fridge at the moment and will sow them in the spring. As I'm 66 I know I'll never be harvesting pine nuts from them, but the joy is in growing them. I'm also trying some Strelitzia seeds, the bird of paradise flower that looked so lovely all over Madeira, knowing full well that I won't see a flower until I'm at least 71! These things have to be done!