The Charming Nook

Hello, welcome back to my blog. Today’s post is another shorter one because it has been a busy weekend. I will be back on Wednesday with a longer ‘Plant in Focus’ post, where I will look in more detail at a plant in my garden: the Cherry trees that I planted out in one of our front gardens to create a cherry tree avenue.

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Sweet peas

As I’ve mentioned in recent posts, I am growing a large amount of sweet peas this year. I sowed these back in January 2025, using seeds from the ones I collected from my sweet peas last year and also the remaining seeds I had in the packet from the year before. I am growing these on our bedroom windowsil rather than the greenhouse, because our greenhouse is colder.

They have germinated well and I am growing them in special root trainers this year, which are meant to prevent root disturbance and promote air pruning. I have three trays of the sweet peas pictured below:

I’ll be pinching the sweetpeas out soon and possibly potting them on until they are ready to go out in a few weeks.

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A potted plant display in The Wild Borders

When I visited the North in January, (post here) I purchased some plant arrangements that I wanted to group together to brighten up the garden a bit.

I’ve put this little grouping in The Wild Borders near the bird feeders, which can be seen from one of our windows. The small orange pot pictured has some mystery corms that I found and potted up – I have no idea what they will be!

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Daffodils

I also potted up some daffodils before I went for my trip up North. These are daffodils bulbs the Mr and I were gifted and also some I purchased at some point last year. I had completely forgotten about them and I missed the traditional planting time in Autumn 2024. When I discovered them, I decided it was better just to pot them up; I don’t mind if they don’t flower this year or if they are late to flower.

I made six pots in total and I placed them near our front door, next to The Welcome Patch, which I recently introduced here.

So far, one pot of bulbs has started sprouting, so the rest may follow soon.

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We have a couple of drier days coming up, that may be slightly milder than it has been, so I am hoping to get out in the garden to continue working on various areas.

Happy gardening 🙂