I hope you’ve had a good week so far?
I've had a thought that perhaps a Thursday is better than Friday for my weekly dispatches. What do you think? Perhaps provides a little moment for you to pause towards the end of the week and a chance to read before the busyness of the weekend. Let me know your thoughts and we’ve also included a little poll at the end of this post to find out what you want to read more (or less) of in our Seedling dispatches each week.
Now to the very important subject of seeds. This year, I’m starting my sowing early. I must confess - I have always done spring sowing but fresh from my late summer obsession with planning out my 2027 garden, I am raring to go!
Of course, armed with my very own seeds and tulip bulbs is making this even more exciting. Thank you for all the love (and orders!) for my new seeds & tulip bulb collections with Premier Seeds Direct. I can’t wait to see your flowers and eventually arrangements too! Please do share them with me.
So I’m sharing everything am planning and would love to hear your thoughts on what your planting plans and dreams are, too.
In this week’s dispatch - planting now for spring happinesss and cosy knitwear to bring joy to autumn mornings …
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Sowing The Joy!
This is the first year I have done autumn seed sowing. Until now, seeds have always been a spring job - something to get excited about when the days start getting longer and the garden wakes up.
But this year is different! My new greenhouse has brought us a huge amount of joy and peace, and I just want to be in there as much as I possibly can be. So I’m going to try sowing a few of my favourites.
The advantage of autumn sowing is that the seeds have more time to develop strong root systems which in turn means healthier, bigger, stronger and earlier flowers. Not every seed wants to be sown now, just a few hardy annuals and perennials that benefit from that cold winter burst. I’m going for ammi majus, Californian poppies, echinacea , larkspur and pansies.
If you don’t have a greenhouse, do not worry! I have gotten by for many, many years using seed trays in windowsills or somewhere where there is as much light as possible. Don’t forget to label what you’ve sown, that is a surprisingly easy thing to forget to do and it’s not worth leaving to chance, especially if you’re sowing lots of seeds and planning your spring garden in detail…
I’m very much learning as I go, but I have a feeling autumn seed sowing might become one of my favourite gardening jobs.
Seeds on the mind with our playful video to launch my seeds collection this week!
Cosy Time
I’m always so sad when summer comes to an end, but the one silver lining is the return of knitwear! The chunkier and more colourful the better. There are some real goodies out there this season; here are my faves so far:
