well i just made a dent in the seed sorting contest. two boxes full, stuffed full, of envelopes of seeds have been mostly sorted. during the fall harvest each individual envelope was stuffed with seeds and tags of the cross. some seeds were still in the pods. some seeds are still plump and round. some have dried with a wrinkle. and some have turned into wrinkled empty raisins. some of the tags were mostly readable. most were readable. and a handful need to be sent to a crime scene investigation lab if they will ever get read. so it has been a roller coaster night of looking at seeds and dreaming what might be. and looking at other seeds and knowing that for now that particular cross is going nowhere. definitely more exciting than any lottery. the crosses are now written on the outside of the envelope, including a count of how many seeds are inside. the sorting is not quite done. there are still several handfuls of envelopes to deal with. for now there is a box of diploid crosses, one of tetraploid crosses, and a last one of the work the bees and other bugs did. the first two will be entered into a spreadsheet and survivors will be selected to fit the available garden space. and soon they will be planted and another cycle of gardening will begin. here is tonight’s seedling. the cross with seedling number is 12-042 Irish Lullaby x ((Bark at Me) x Grey Witch ). looking at it now the next cross is coming to mind – Peacock Maiden. then again we will see what the summer brings and what inspiration or madness strikes when the pollen is in hand and the lovely blooms beckon…
and for any who are wondering just what a dreamling might be, it is like a seedling, the very start of a dream…
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