A LOVE AFFAIR (confessional)

He He. They look lovely.

All your hard work certainly paid off, they're real beauties! Well done! :)

What a success, well worth all the effort you've put in ! Cut some each day, they'll just produce more blooms.

They're beautiful but what a palava you had to grow them . I find they grow better in little plastic pots. They don't dry out too much and you don't have to 'make' them. - Well that's my experience anyway.

i agree wth hywel but i must say they r lovely and way ahead of mine too. so may b u did sumthing right lol .

They have repaid all your efforts with a wonderful display, well done!!

Guess this isn't such a bad love affair to have Ba~how wonderful are these?!!! Great blog, crackin' picts too~yep, I think you can definitely say it was all worth it! Congrats my friend, on a job well done! :~))x

Well worth all that 'fannying' about..what a beautiful result:)

Thanks Samba and Busybee, I keep having to smell them:-)

Shirley, I will keep cutting them, I've had two small vasefulls already:-)

Thanks Hywel, but where were you when I needed you lol. If you'd seen me trying to stuff the doodahs with soil annd keep it in place, and making newspaper pots, it was just like Blue Peter:-)

Hi christina thanks, I didn't know they were early...precocious kids, I'm very proud and I'm sure there Gms are too:-)

Thanks Pansy, I'm glowing with pride:-)

Thanks Flori, is your exam tomorow? :-)

Thanks Silvish, may try sowing outdoors next year, what do you think? a lot less 'fannying' eh lol;-)

Yep, it sure is Ba, you should see the Good Luck card our Pip has posted, it almost made me cry!
It starts at 7pm tomorrow eve........fingers bitten down to knuckles already, and you can hear my knees a-knocking from here!

You'll sail through Flori, I've looked in my crystal ball:-)

well worth the faffing about. Are you going to do it again next year? I sow mine jan and leave them in an nheated greenhouse. they dont get to 'spindly' or if yoy prefer the phrase 'drawn' :o)
they look gorgeous and i can almost smell them.

Wow,Ba,they are lovely...well done.I bet you are so proud of your efforts,and rightly so.You can't just sit back and enjoy them though..Oh no...You need to pick them every day,dead head,and buy hundreds of vases..Lol.I used to supply all my neighbours with them,till I think they were sick of the sight of them (hiding behind their net curtains,I seem to remember ).Seriously,Ba,you have done a smashing job...
Oh heck, not the knee knocking again.....please don't bite your nails Flori,thats how Venus de Milo started.Lol...you will be fine,as we all have every confidence in you...

Now That lady did have a serious case of nail biting didn't she???LOL! Can your crystal ball tell me if a lottery wins on the way as well, Ba??
I have the 'everlasting' sweetpea~which is just coming into flower now~so pretty, but no scent at all :~(((

Thanks Sbg, yes I'm going to do them next year, but thought of sowing outside, what do you think, will they be as good? I had no borders to plant them in this year:-)

Bloomer, you are so right about the vases, I don't know if you've noticed, but I've added 2 pics of picked sweeties, there are about 50 stems per vase!!! I only can find these 2 smallish vases. If I were you, I should leave that awful place, you are obviously quite sane now, but if you stay there much longer.........:-)

Flori, LEAVE YOUR NAILS ALONE!!!!! I pity poor Bloomer. Well today's the big day and by tonight you'll be wondering what the big deal was...I've seen it all don't forget....but, we are not allowed to have anything to do with gambling so can't help with the lottery:-)) I've thought of getting perennial pea, what a shame about the smell:-)

Yep, it's silly to get so wound up, but I really don't enjoy the exam bit at all, that's when I become this quivering wreck you see before you, Ba! lol! As you said, it will soon all be over, and I will be looking for my next challenge~will I never learn?????
I read that they have brought out a perennial sweetpea that is scented, and is pale lilac in colour, but haven't seen it in the GC's yet, but might be worth watching out for........ :~))

Calm down Woman....you will be fine..Looking forward to your good news ,Flori...:o))))

Could be a long wait, Bloomer, so please don't hold your breath, as it could prove positively detrimental to your health! Our last exam results took 6 months to come through, and we have been warned that these could take even longer!!! :~))x

wow bornagain they look beautifull, well done and worth it all arent they,, pretty colours and wonderfull scent, the more you cut the more you get, im happy for you ;o))

Thanks Sandra, I'm going to buy horizon mix again, i love the colours. Went to Wilkos, but they have sold out of these. Best to have a fresh lot I suppose:-)

try taking some seeds, let some pods dry out , worth a try ;o)

Do I let them dry out on the plant?

you can take the pods off and dry them in a sunny window, not on plastic though,when they dry out you can take seeds out , i took some lastyear but forgot to use them lol place them on a terracotta plate from a plantpot or something similar

Thanks Sandra:-)

YW bornagain ;o)

i have grown sum from seed but am now think they may b the ones that come up every year .they were free so no complaints

cor your sweet peas are doing much better than mine. perhaps I should feed them tomorrow!

Hi Cristina, I never moan about anything free either lol..unless it's weeds:-)

Sandygirl, I had to grow them all in big pots of compost as my garden was being madeover, so they have grown in rich stuff and I've fed them later too as everyone said they were greedy, oh, and I've watered them everyday too 'cos everyone said they were thirsty plants. Still, they were worth all the hard work:-)