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What a brilliant display of sweet pea flowers we had this season. No doubt thanks to nature supplying us with those fat seed pods from the previous year! Any plant that goes to seed it is really worth collecting as this is natures way of saying "hey this plant is growing really well here in these conditions - go populate!"
A few weeks back we collected a huge supply of seed of the last of the rambling vine. If the pod feels dry and rattles when you shake it - it's ready to pull off the bush. If some a still slightly green, but mostly brown, still pull it off - if you leave them somewhere for a week or two to completely dry out, they will be easier to crack open and collect the seed.
Then they go into a brown paper bag just in case there is any moisture so then they won't go mouldy. Label them and come St Patricks Day (17th March) we will be planting out these babies! By then hopefully along a 'new' fenceline… (mmm, possibly a new garden on it's way!)
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