A pot of sorrel
22 May 2024 06:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
igenlodeI went to the garden centre to see if I could get sorrel seed, but they didn't have any (a lot of things were out of stock at this time of year, but there wasn't even a space where sorrel ought to be), and I found some potted sorrel plants outside at the back, so spent £5·50 on one of those. I always liked picking and eating the leaves from the garden and it will add interest to my salads, along with the kale. I just hope it doesn't prove as much of a disappointment as the oregano plant has, despite being kept in full sunshine (I keep wondering whether I ought to get rid of that, and then hoping it will have a decent enough flavour this year to make use of with the tomatoes...)
I was tempted by the red-veined sorrel, but decided that the plain green would probably be more vigorous and more likely to breed true if it self-seeded -- though sorrel is supposed to be perennial. The plants in the garden centre were many of them busy sending up flower spikes already!
My saved-seed rocket, which I have in fact been harvesting regularly, is now showing signs of trying to flower, so I should probably plant some more of that; the commercial seed is younger and hasn't got to that stage yet, but is not nearly so vigorous.
I have had another letter from British Gas informing me that since I am over-paying on my direct debit they have cut it back to £15 a month again -- I could have told them that six months ago when they sent the last letter. I wish they could actually get their estimates straight and strike a happy mean, as they have been seesawing wildly for years now...
I was tempted by the red-veined sorrel, but decided that the plain green would probably be more vigorous and more likely to breed true if it self-seeded -- though sorrel is supposed to be perennial. The plants in the garden centre were many of them busy sending up flower spikes already!
My saved-seed rocket, which I have in fact been harvesting regularly, is now showing signs of trying to flower, so I should probably plant some more of that; the commercial seed is younger and hasn't got to that stage yet, but is not nearly so vigorous.
I have had another letter from British Gas informing me that since I am over-paying on my direct debit they have cut it back to £15 a month again -- I could have told them that six months ago when they sent the last letter. I wish they could actually get their estimates straight and strike a happy mean, as they have been seesawing wildly for years now...
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Date: 2024-05-23 01:09 pm (UTC)I could probably find one to dig up if you really want one...
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Date: 2024-05-23 07:30 pm (UTC)However, I really don't have room for more than one sorrel plant, thanks! (I probably don't really have room for one, given that the label says it grows to 12" high x 12" wide...)
We always had ordinary green sorrel at home, so that's what I'm used to; the red just looked pretty. But after all I have beetroot leaves, which do the same thing.