The joys of Spring

All looking good cedille - well done you on gathering and sowing all those seed. I just don't have the patience to do anything like that!
Re you Acer....they usually put all their effort into the root system when they are moved or transplanted. I bought a couple of new ones last year and the leaves weren't up to much but I have high hopes this year :)

Great blog, I really enjoyed not just the pictures but your obvious skill and enjoyment at it all which really is apparent. Are you going to try seeds from the pine cones?

Very satisfying collecting and growing on your own seeds, plus you can save quite a few pence to spend elsewhere, well done you.
Great blog and pics Cedille, I envy you your Orchid, I cannot keep them which is a shame because they are gorgeous...

What a variety of nice things you've got coming up this spring. I hope you get lots of plants from those seeds aswell. It will be interesting to see what they all are.
The little blue flower you don't know is Scilla.

Hi Cedille ..
Well done on collecting so many seeds ... very interesting blog ... lots coming into bud in your garden !

welcome to the club Cedille, lol.
It's nice to see you being so enthusiastic about gardening:) Many years ago (when I had a big garden) I was also propagating plants. You could see a little nursery taking shape, lol. Even started selling plants I've propagated.
But now having tiny garden and really no time to do it I am just saving plants being about ending their lives in a compost heap or buying plants I can't really resist not to buy, lol.
Great pictures:)

Enjoyed your blog very much Cedille, isn't it wonderful what you can create from almost nothing? You seem very organised too, I wish I was, and your enthusiasm is contagious :-))

It looks very good to me!

Thank you all so much for the kind comments and helpful tips, I am genuinely amazed at how nice and friendly GoY's community is!!
@Severnside, unfortunately I couldn't see any seed on the pine cones (Shall I be looking for flakes within the cones?) so I cannot yet start growing pine trees from seeds but it is definitely on the agenda ;)
@Linclass, the secret of keeping orchid is to not water them like other plants, they should either be given a 'bath one a week for a couple of hours then drained of all water making sure none is left in the roots, or simply water them on top of the sink making sure the water runs through. First method worked best for me to keep them flowering :)
@Kasy indeed propagating is one of the most satisfying way to garden, though like you I cannot help buying plants when I go to the garden centre, growing plants for free is very rewarding!

The seeds would look like a minature single sycamore wing. They need to be stratified so you would ideally keep them in a fridge over winter and sow out indoors in March. Plenty of time to find some...

Thanks Severnside, so I definitely didn't have one of those seeds in there, but I thought those small pine cones looked pretty and I used them to make bird feeder (spreading lard in the holes and rolling it in seeds). But on my next excursion to the forest, I will look for those!

They are nice for their look alone or as a feeder, that's a great idea!