In this mild winter, a few flowers cling on and bring hope
I haven’t had the heart to take the pea sticks down. We’ve never had them up this long. We tend to like the old year tidied away before the arrival of the new.
It was the nasturtiums that did it. Everywhere, tendrils are still feeling for space and somewhere new to grip. I always scatter-sow them around the pea poles in late summer, though they self-seed there anyway. It is a sprint between the morning glory and the nasturtiums. The first are always fastest, but the nasturtiums are longer-lasting, more effective.
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