#scabious: unfortunate love

[unfoxmeart]

Belly & Bounty

Pork belly, with a side of earth worms, daphne, clove, tube rose, scabious, cranberry, and cherry blossom.

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[intriq]

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Theme: Angst

Character: Dick Grayson

Word Count: 855

scabious; unfortunate love

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Dick had always been your close friend. Your close best friend. The best friend you fell in love with.

But he didn't feel the same. He loved someone else, not you. He loved Kory. Not you.

Even though he'd rejected you, made it known he only ever thought of you as a friend, you still loved him. Loved him so much that it made your lungs hurt and fill with flowers.

Which is how it lead to now.

Your both on patrol together, like always. Except the only difference being your waning strength as the flowers in your lungs greedily consume you, growing off that suffocating love you've got for Dick Grayson himself.

One particularly nasty cough makes Dick turn to you, worry evident all across that pretty face of his. "You sure you are in any condition to be on patrol tonight?"

"I'm fine, trust me." You reply in return, crumpling those bloody flower petals in the palm of your hand that you'd just coughed up moments before. "Just allergies kickin' my ass."

"C'mon, there's something you aren't telling me here." Dick's gaze locks on your own, even if your gaze is focused on the city below. "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, Dick. It's just a stupid cough from allergies, I'll be fine in a few weeks." You lie instantly, refusing to meet his gaze.

Dick is almost upset that you insist on lying to him. Did you really think he wouldn't notice the signs? The bloody flower petals that you've been coughing up?

"Do you think I'm an idiot?" Dick's tone is enough to make you flinch. "You think I didn't notice those flowers you've been coughing up?"

"Nothing get's past you, huh?" You weakly laugh, a pained smile on your face before you begin to cough again, more flowers stained a deep red by your blood falling into your waiting palm.

"How long?"

"Few months now, I think."

"There's a way to fix this, right? There has to be. I can't lose you."

Your face scrunches up, contorted into pain. You barely had any time life, really. Very little of it. Sure, it was selfish to keep on loving Dick, even if he was begging for you to keep living. But in order to keep living, you had to get rid of your feelings for him. And you, in all honestly, didn't wish to do so.

Dick doesn't say anything. He can tell from that saddened look on your face that there isn't a whole lot that can be done, a whole lot left to do. That you don't have time to do anything else about it.

So perhaps it's the desperation over the fact he doesn't want to lose his best friend that makes him take your hand and pull you closer and kiss you.

He doesn't quite like you the same way you like him, but it'll do something, right? It has to. Dick doesn't want to accept any other answer for it. He needs it to account for something, to do something.

You pull away almost instantly, violently coughing up more flowers. Because Dick's desperate attempt to fix you, only worsens the problem. And when you can finally breath again after coughing more flowers into your own lap, speckled in crimson, you speak.

"Dick, please. Don't force yourself. Don't force yourself to pretend as if you feel the same way I do. Please."

"I may not love you, but god! You're my family, okay? I care about you. I don't want you to die, especially not because of me!" Dick pleads, holding your hand with both of his at this point. Voice shrill and desperate.

"I know it's selfish but.. God, I can't lose you. You've saved me more times than I can count. I can't lose you. I can't.. Please, please don't leave me alone."

Dick's voice is pitiful, pathetic. Selfish, but pathetic. Weak. And not only that, but he's crying. Sobbing, even. All because you're dying.

"Dick, please. Either way you'd wind up alone and without me. I love you. But not in the way you love me.”

Dick opens his mouth, as if to protest what is you’re saying, but he pauses when you continue to speak.

“You don't love me the way I wish you would. I love you. Not a friends kind of love. You don't love me the way I wish you would."

You're the one who should be crying. You're the one whose dying, after all. But yet here you are, hands reaching up to wipe away Dick's tears instead.

After a bit more back and forth, begging from Dick, your answer stays the same. You refuse to get the surgery, no matter how hard it makes Dick cry over this revelation.

But when weeks pass, and your final day is dawning upon you, Dick is there. Even if he can't stand to watch you die, you deserved someone by your side, at least.

So you die while Dick holds your hand with both of his. You grow cold and limp in his grasp as the final flower in your lungs bloom a beautifully macabre shade of deep, dark crimson.

A flower that blooms as a result of your pitiful and unfortunate affection.

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[jigokurakuzine]

Happy Birthday Shija!💐

Yesterday marked a special day for this unique shinobi! They've got their hands on a single scabious, symbolizing unfortunate love🖤

What flower reminds you of Shija? Let us know below!

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[aquarii-doodles]

“Flowers to remember”

Dried white roses for sorrow

Rue for regret and repentance

Peony for shame and anger

Marigold for pain and suffering

Aloe for grief

Red spider lily for death and rebirth

Scabious for unfortunate love

Forget me nots for remembering and true love

I like the complexity of Gojo and Getos relationship

[westleywithatea]

so Fred has a volkamenia, scabiouses, a red rose, and a jonquil. While Tubbo has some myrtles and a carolina rose. Both are surrounded by hemlock. between their feet are mushrooms.

Volkamenia = I wish you happiness

Scabious = unfortunate love

sweet scabious: widowhood (i dont think this was intentional for this fanart)

red rose = love, but we all know that

Jonquil = desire for affections to be returned/ reciprocated

Myrtles = love, devotion, loyalty

Carolina Rose = Love is dangerous

Hemlock = You will be my death/ You will cause my death

Mushrooms = suspicions (according to the reference that qquackblr used)

also means = new beginnings, rebirth, transformation

this was my vision

flowers/plants used in this are: hemlock, jonquil, myrtle, mushrooms, carolina rose, scabious, volkamenia, red rose, various plants/weeds

and the reference I used for the flowers is here, id recommend using that if you want to know the meanings behind the flowers i used minus the red rose

[o5-blackbird]

And optimistic as ever at that. It's sure been a while since we last saw flower anon around!

Anyway, scabiosa, or scabious in English, is commonly known as 'mourning bride', which is likely already an indicator of where this is going. One source I found says they stand for affection and warmth, though the overall consensus is less nice, as they seem to more commonly stand for unfortunate love (or 'to have lost one who is dear to the heart', as another puts it. Very wordy source) and, in the same context, windowhood. I think I've also seen them used as grave flowers, at least where I'm from, but I couldn't find anything on that; might be a regional thing.

Why am I getting grave flowers.

[flawediamond]

Floriography Masterpost

Abraham’s Balm - Coldness, Command

Adder’s Tongue - Jealousy

Adonis Vernalis - Bitter Memories

Achillea - War

Aloe - Superstition

Anemone - Estrangement, Forsaken, Brevity, Sickness

Anemone Field - Sickness, Illness

Anemone Garden - Forsaken, Withered Hopes, Illness

Apocynum - Falsehood, Deception

Basil - I Hate You

Bee Balm - Your Whims Are Unbearable

Begonia - Beware, A Fanciful Nature

Belvedere (Wild) - I Declare Against You

Bilberry, Whortleberry - Treachery

Borage - Bluntness

Bramble, Dew Berries, Black Berries - Lowliness, Remorse

Briers - Envy

Bouquet Of Withered Flowers - Rejected Love

Bugloss - Falsehood

Burdoc, Beggar’s Buttons - Importunity

Candytuft - Indifference

Carnations (Stripeed, Yellow) - Rejection, Disdain, You Have Disappointed Me

Carnation (Purple) - Capriciousness

Catalpa Flower - Beware Of The Coquette

Cherry Blossom - False Hopes

Chrysanthemums (Yellow) - Dejection, Slighted Love

China (Pink) - Aversion

Clematis - Artifice (Deception, Trickery)

Clotbur - Rudeness

Coboea - Gossip

Convolvus Major, Bindweed - Dead Hope

Colt’s Foot - Justice Shall Be Done You

Columbine - Folly

Coxcomb - Foppery

Creeping Cereus - Horror

Crown Imperials - Arrogance, Pride Of Birth

Cyclamen - Resignation And Good-Bye

Daffodils - Vanity

Dahlia - Instability

Darnel - Vice

Deadly Nightshade - Falsehood

Dendrobium - Selfish Beauty

Dodder - Meanness

Dragon’s Wort - Horror

Dogbane - Falsehood, Deception

Flytrap - Deceit

Foxglove - Falsehood, Deception

Fritillaria, Guinea-Hen Flower - Persecution

Fraxinella, Cultivated Dittany, Gas Plant - Fire

Furze - Anger

Geraniums (Horseshoe) - Stupidity

Harebell, Campanula - Humility, Grief

Helenium, Sneeze Weed - Tears

Hellebore - Scandal

Hemlock - You Will Be The Death Of Me

Hyacinth (Purple, Yellow) - Jealousy

Hydrangea - Frigidity, Heartlessness, Boastfulness

Ice Plant - Your Looks Freeze Me

Laburnum - Forsaken

Larkspur (Pink) - Fickleness

Larkspur (Purple) - Haughtiness

Laurel - Treachery

Lavender - Distrust

Lettuce - Cold-Hearted

Lichen - Dejection, Solitude

Licorice - I Declare Against You

Lily (Tiger) - Pride

Lily (Orange) - Hatred

Lily (Yellow) - False And Gay, Falsehood

London Pride - Frivolity

Lythrum, Loosestrife - Pretension

Madder - Calumny, Slander

Manchineel - Falsehood, Deception

Mandrake, May Apple, Devil’s Apples, Satan’s Apples - Horror

Marigold - Cruelty In Love, Despair, Grief, Jealousy, Vulger Minded

Meadow Sweet - Uselessness

Milford - War

Mistletoe - You Are A Parasite

Mock Orange - Counterfeit

Monk’s-Hood, Monk’s-Head - Beware, A Deadly Foe Is Near, Danger Is Near

Morning Glory - Coquetry

Mourning Bride - Unfortunate Attachment

Mush Plant - Weakness

Narcissus - Vanity, Self Love

Nettles - Slander, You Are Spiteful

Night-Blooming Cereus, Queen-Of-The-Night - Transient Beauty

Night Shade - Bitter Truth

Nuts - Stupidity

Oleander - Caution, Beware

Orange Lillies - I Hate You

Orange (Mock) - Deceit

Pennyroyal - You Had Better Go

Peony - Anger

Petunias - Resentment, Anger

Pink (Indian) - Aversion

Primrose (Evening) - Inconsistency

Quaking Grass - Agitation

Quamoclit - Busybody

Queen Of The Meadow - Uselessness

Queen’s Rocket - You Are The Queen Of Coquettes, Fashionable

Quince - Temptation

Rhododendron - Danger, Beware, I Am Dangerous, Agitation

Rocket - Rivalry

Rose (Black) - Foreshadow Of Death

Rose (Carolina) - Love Is Dangerous

Rose (Dark Crimson) - Mourning, Bashful Shame

Rose (Dried White) - Death

Rose (Garland Or Crown) - Beware Of Virtue

Rose (Withered White) - Transient Impression, Fleeting Beauty

Rose (Yellow) - Decrease Of Love, Jealousy

Rose (York & Lancaster Together) - Conflict

Scabious, Mourning Bride - Widowhood, Unfortunate Love

Sardonia - Irony

Snapdragon - Falsehood, Deception

Sorrel - Wit Ill-Timed

St. John’s Wort - Superstition

Straw (Broken) - Broken Agreement

Sunflower (Tall) - False Riches, Pride

Sweetbrier (Yellow) - Decrease Of Love

Tansy - I Declare Against You

Thistle - Austerity, Sternness

Thistle (Fuller’s) - Misanthropy

Thistle (Scotch) - Retaliation

Thornapple - I Dreamed Of Thee, Deceitful Charms

Thorn (Black) - Difficulty

Thorns - Severity

Thornapple - Deceitful Charms

Throatwood - Neglected Beauty

Tiger Flower - May Pride Befriend Thee

Touch-Me-Not, Jewel Weed, Impatiens, Balsam - Impatience

Tuberoses - Dangerous Pleasures

Tulip (Yellow) - Hopeless Love, No Hope For Reconciliation

[starrulet-art]

Aye, look at all these flowers. Winter cherries, oleander, candytuft, evening primrose, lettuce, columbine, scabious...

[timestimmy-archive]

flowers for dr. glass and dr. kondraki?

kondraki (long live the king):

-wild tansy (I declare war against you)

-garden anemone (forsaken)

-whin (anger)

-hemlock (you will be my death)

-butterfly weed (let me go)

dr. glass:

-scarlet geranium (calming)

-hibiscus (beauty, delicate)

-deep red carnation (alas, for my poor heart)

-scabious (unfortunate love)

garden chervil (sincerity)

dark geranium (melancholy)

[x0401x]

Field Scabious - “unfortunate love”

[asktobyr]

I’d rather just not have feelings at this point.

The flowers are  Scabious -unfortunate love Red Rose-passionate love.

[vivlives]

Language of Flowers - Victorian

Here is a non-exhaustive list of various flowers and their meanings from the Victorian era. Taken from A Victorian Flower Dictionary. Please use in all your fiction and art for symbolism purposes.

Abutilon - meditation Acacia - secret love Acanthus - artifice Agapanthus - love letter Agrimony - gratitude Allium - prosperity Almond blossom - indiscretion Aloe - grief Astroemeria - devotion Alyseum - worth beyond beauty Amaranth - immortality Amaryllis - pride Anemone - forsaken Angelica - inspiration Apple - temptation Apple blossom - preference Aster - patience Azalea - fragile and ephemeral passion Baby's breath - everlasting love Bachelor's button - single blessedness Basil - hate Bay leaf - I change but in death Begonia - caution Bellflower - gratitude Bells of Ireland - good luck Birds of paradise - magnificence Blackberry - envy Black-eyed Susan - justice Bluebell - constancy Bougainvillea - passion Bouvardia - enthusiasm Broom - humility Buttercup - ingratitude Cabbage - profit Cactus - ardent love Calla lily - modesty Camellia - my destiny is in your hands Candytuft - indifference Canterbury bells - constancy Carnation, pink - I will never forget you Carnation, red - my heart breaks Carnation, white - sweet and lovely Carnation, yellow - disdain Carnation, striped - I cannot be with you Celandine - joys to come Chamomile - energy in adversity Cherry blossom - impermanence Cherry, winter - deception Chervil - sincerity Chestnut - do me justice Chicory - frugality Chrysanthemum - truth Cinquefoil - beloved daughter Clematis - poverty Clove - I have loved you have you have not known it Clover, white - think of me Cockscomb - affectation Columbine - desertion Coneflower, purple - strength and health Coreopsis - always cheerful Coriander - hidden worth Corn - riches Cosmos - joy in love and life Cowslip - pensiveness Crab-apple blossom - ill-tempered Cranberry - cure for heartache Crocus - youthful gladness Currant - thy frown will kill me Cyclamen - timid hope Cypress - mourning Daffodil - new beginnings Dahlia - dignity Daisy - innocence Dandelion - rustic oracle Daphne - I would not have you otherwise Day lily - coquetry Delphinium - levity Dianthus - make haste Dittany - childbirth Dogwood - love undiminished by adversity Dragon plant - you are near a snare Edelweiss - noble courage Eglantine - I wound to heal Elder - compassion Eucalyptus - protection Euphorbia - persistence Evening primrose - inconstancy Everlasting pea - lasting pleasure Fennel - strength Fern - sincerity Fern, maidenhair - secrecy Feverfew - warmth Fig - argument Flax - I feel your kindness Forget-me-not - forget me not Forsythia - anticipation Foxglove - insincerity Freesia - lasting friendship Fuchsia - humble love Gardenia - refinement Gentian - intrinsic worth Geranium, oak-leaf - true friendship Geranium, pencil-leaf - ingenuity Geranium, scarlet - stupidity Geranium, wild - steadfast piety Gerber daisy - cheerfulness Ginger - strength Gladiolus - you pierce my heart Goldenrod - careful encouragement Grapevine - abundance Grass - submission Hawthorn - hope Hazel - reconciliation Heath - solitude Heather - protection Helenium - tears Heliotrope - devoted affection Hibiscus - delicate beauty Holly - foresight Hollyhock - ambition Honesty - honesty Honeysuckle - devotion Hyacinth, blue - constancy Hyacinth, purple - please forgive me Hyacinth, white - beauty Hydrangea - dispassion Ice plant - your looks freeze me Impatiens - impatience Iris - message Ivy - fidelity Jacob's ladder - come down Jasmine, carolina - separation Jasmine, indian - attachment Jasmine, white - amiability Jonquil - desire Laburnum - pensive beauty Lady's slipper - capricious beauty Lantana - rigour Larch - audacity Larkspur - joy to know you, lightness Laurel - glory and success Lavender - mistrust Lemon - zest Lemon blossom - discretion Lettuce - cold-heartedness Liatris - I will try again Lichen - dejection Lilac - first emotions of love Lily - majesty Lily of the valley - return of happiness Linden tree - conjugal love Lisianthus - appreciation Lobelia - malevolence Lotus - purity Love-in-a-mist - perplexity Love-lies-bleeding - hopeless not helpless Lungwort - you are my life Lupin - imagination Magnolia - dignity Marigold - grief Marjoram - blushes Marsh marigold - desire for riches Meadow saffron - my best days are past Meadowsweet - uselessness Mignonette - qualities surpass charms Michaelmas daisy - farewell Mimosa - sensitivity Mistletoe - I surmount all obstacles Mock orange - counterfeit Monkshood - chivalry Morning glory - coquetry Moss - maternal love Moss rose - confessions of love Mullein - take courage Mustard - I am hurt Myrtle - love Narcissus - self-love Nasturtium - impetuous love Nettle - cruelty Oats - witching soul of music Oleander - beware Olive - peace Orange - generosity Orange blossom - your purity equals your loveliness Orchid - refined beauty Oregano - joy Pansy - think of me Parsley - festivity Passionflower - faith Peach - you charms are unequalled Peach blossom - I am your captive Pear - affection Pear blossom - comfort Peony - anger Peppermint - warmth of feeling Periwinkle - tender recollections Persimmon - bury me amid nature's beauty Petunia - your presence soothes me Phlox - our souls are united Pineapple - you are perfect Pink - pure love Plum - keep your promises Poinsettia - be of good cheer Polyanthus - confidence Pomegranate - foolishness Pomegranate blossom - mature elegance Poplar, black - courage Poplar, white - time Poppy - fantastic extravagance Potato - benevolence Potato vine - you are delicious Primrose - childhood Protea - courage Queen Anne's lace - fantast Quince - temptation Ranunculus - you are radiant with charms Raspberry - remorse Redbud - betrayal Rhododendron - beware Rhubarb - advice Rose, burgundy - unconscious beauty Rose, orange - fascination Rose, pale peach - modesty Rose, pink - grace Rose, purple - enchantment Rose, red - love Rose, white - heart unacquainted with love Rose, yellow - infidelity Rosemary - remembrance Saffron - beware of excess Sage - good health and long life Saxifrage - affection Scabious - unfortunate love Scarlet pimpernel - change Snapdragon - presumption Snowdrop - consolation, hope Sorrel - parental affection Spiraea - victory Speedwell - fidelity St. John's wort - superstition Star of Bethleham - purity Starwart - welcome Stephanotis - happiness in marriage Stock - you will always be beautiful to me Stonecrop - tranquility Strawberry - perfection Sunflower - false riches Sweet pea - delicate pleasures Sweet William - gallantry Tansy - I declare war against you Thistle - misanthropy Thrift - sympathy Thyme - activity Trachelium - neglected beauty Trillium - modest beauty Trumpet vine - fame Tuberose - dangerous pleasures Tulip - declaration of love Turnip - charity Verbena - pray for me Vetch - I cling to thee Violet - modest worth Wallflower - fidelity in adversity Water lily - purity of heart Waxflower - susceptibility Weeping willow - melancholy Wheat - prosperity Willowherb - pretension Wisteria - welcome Witch hazel - spell Yarrow - cure for a broken heart Zinnea - I mourn your absence

[theboh3mianraspb3rry]

March for me is the true beginning of the growing year. Everywhere you look everything is beginning to come to life, the daffodils start dancing, tulips begin to emerge from the earth, ponds are alive with horny frogs basking in the new warm sun and the trees steal the show with their blossom. The Spring Equinox is the traditional time to begin sowing and growing. In years past this was when farmers would begin their growing year usually by sowing their potatoes. In Pagan traditions the Spring equinox is a time of new beginnings, new growth and rebirth.

March for me is my get ahead month! I lead a very busy life, college, work, mum, wife, netball and blogger that I rarely have enough hours in the day. So when I do have some time spare I usually spend it filling any indoor space I can find with seedlings. I’m not kidding by the end of March the windowsills, porch, outdoor mini greenhouse and polytunnel are all jam packed full.

So I thought we would start there, I started with another sowing of broad beans a variety called Imperial Long Pod from Thompson Morgan, these have only just poked there heads through, I had almost given up hope!

Peas were next on the agenda, in my family peas NEVER make it home so this year I intend to sow a shed load. So far we have these varieties sown: Shiraz, Little Marvel and Kelvedon Wonder, I will sow more successions of these in April along with another couple of varieties too.

The next sowings were Leeks – Musselburgh and Spring onions – White Lisbon which have all mad an appearance – Don’t you just love how alliums wear there little black hats for weeks! When I sowed these I also sowed some more cabbage because I love the stuff and any extra that I can’t home I usually send to my mother in law or ask a couple of my netball buddies who also have allotments if they need any.

I sowed a couple of brassicas the first one of my favourite vegetables the humble Brussel Sprout Rubine which are lovely purple sprouts and have been said to have a milder taste than the green ones. I also sowed a variety of cabbage called Greyhound from Groseeds, it is a heart shaped cabbage and has silvery seeds, it’s definitely a greyhound by nature with a speedy start which needed potting on a couple of weeks after sowing!

I like to use as much spare space as I possibly can, my currant bushes are still quite young only planting them last year so I thought I would inter sow between them with some parsnips, I’m not entirely sure this will be successful, but I did have a huge success doing this with my newly planted raspberry canes and onion sets on my first year so it’s worth a shot!

Next it was on with the flowers!

I had a full morning of sowing all my hardy annuals, which was warm enough to do in the garden. I get so excited sowing seeds. Call me a crack pot but I sing and talk to my plants, that includes seeds and earth too. I believe they have energies and I want to fill them with the most positive kind of energy so they charge up through the earth happy ready to show off all their glory!

Here is the list of flowers and foliage for the cutting patch:

Ammi – Visnaga & Majus

Cornflower – The Bride & Tall Mixed

Scabious – Tall Double Mixed

Emilia – Irish Poet

Panicum – Frosted Explosions

Amaranthus – Autumn Pallette

Cosmos – Picotee, Bright Lights & Versailles Tetra Deep Rose

Coreopsis x hybrid ‘Incredible’ Tall Mix

Euphorbia Oblongata

Craspedia

Lagurus ovatus – Bunny’s Tail Grass

Briza Maxima -Quaking Grass

Nigella – Love in a Mist

Statice – Special Mixed

  Now on to the Dahlias!

If you follow me on twitter then you will have probably noticed I’m ga ga for dahlias. I just love the variety you can get from them there are so many. They are prolific bloomers too which really gives you the bang for your buck! They make exceptional cut flowers bringing the wow factor to any arrangement and they bloom until the first frosts, which then you have to lift them and bring the tubers indoors until next spring. Some areas are mild enough to leave them in the ground with a good mulch but I’m not prepared to take that risk! I planted up all my dahlias in a raised bed in the polytunnel to start them off. The intention is for cuttings, I should get a couple of extra plants off each tuber. The fact I’m growing 17 dahlias and will have propagated them means I’m going to be in abundance of dahlias and I can’t wait, bring on #dahliawars. I source my dahlias from Sarah Raven for the new and special varieties and then I also purchase some tubers from good old Wilkos too. I have listed below the varieties I’m growing and which ones are from where.

Sarah Raven Dahlias

‘Hilcrest Royal’

‘Happy Halloween’

‘Bright Eyes’

‘Café Au Lait’

‘Labyrinth’

‘Burlesca’

‘Purple Flame’

‘Henriette’

‘Mel’s Orange Marmalade’   –  ‘Jescot Julie’ (Unfortunately when I unpacked my Mel’s Orange it was rotten and sold out so I picked Jescot Julie in it’s replacement which Sarah Raven was happy to provide)

Wilkos Dahlias

‘Le Baron’

‘Blue Bird’

‘Nuit D’ete’

‘Mystery Day’

‘Snowflake’

Multipack x3 Cactus Dahlia (pink, purple, white)

Right lets see how everything else is growing shall we?

My Purple Sprouting Broccoli has finally made an appearance, which I am super chuffed about, I love to stir fry my PSB which I will share my recipe with you in another blog post. However I have noticed that someone has been harvesting my PSB too, I did wonder why it was taking so long. It isn’t the wildlife either as my plants are well netted and there are cut marks on all of my plants where spears have been taken. How rude! I don’t mind sharing but theft is uncalled for especially given how long this takes to grow too, sods!

Do you remember my over wintered Corn Salad in last month’s ‘What’s Growing On’? Well it has romped away since then and I cut this almost every week, it’s loving it’s life under my Lavender & Leeks cloche, I will definitely grow this to over winter again it’s been brilliant!

In the kitchen garden it’s time to say goodbye to the kale. Just these two plants have served me well over winter, but they have now gone to seed, which the hens will be more than pleased about when I pull them up today and give them the leftovers. If you keep hens it’s much better to mix up there diets rather than keep them just on layers pellets. By feeding them greens and letting them forage for grubs and insects it promotes better eggs and if you intend to make a meal of your birds it provides the meat more omega 3, which you can spot on a chicken thigh usually as the greyish fatty meat, the most delicious part if you ask me. I don’t keep my chickens as meat I love them too much as pets!

The Swiss Chard is still going strong in the kitchen garden and has been cut a thousand times over winter but just keeps spitting out new leaves. However soon I will be pulling this up too and making way for new crops. The kitchen Garden is going to be primarily used for salad leaves, lettuce, rocket, spinach etc. This way with it being just out of the back door I can keep an eye out for those pesky slugs and snails who also want my delicious salads.

So there you have it, this is ‘What’s Growing On’ in March, now were are going into April this is when the real fun starts. Life everywhere is just going to go BANG right before our very eyes, it’s fantastic! I would love to hear about what you’ve got growing so far, have you started yet or are you waiting a little longer until the earth warms up some more?

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  Brightest Blessings,

Bo x

What’s Growing On – March 2017 March for me is the true beginning of the growing year. Everywhere you look everything is beginning to come to life, the daffodils start dancing, tulips begin to emerge from the earth, ponds are alive with horny frogs basking in the new warm sun and the trees steal the show with their blossom.