Yes some things die off, but some things are amazingly resilient.
The far side of my 2nd garden hadn't been tended for many years. I just let it run wild. But sometimes did cut weeds down to make a path through to collect kindling. (Misty always refused to go in that section because it was very 'nettly' and spiky!)
Then this year I completely cleared it as I said.
A week or two after that, I noticed a white flower come up through the bare earth, followed by a few green leaves, which I recognised as Cyclamen. I watched it spring up, and let it do its thing. It is beautiful and doing well. I have no idea how long that must have been there, just waiting for the opportunity to grow! I know I never planted Cyclamen in there, and I have lived in this house for 30 years!
And I don't think Cyclamen grows from a seed dropped by the birds...I think it grows from a bulb.
Now that is what I call Patience!
The far side of my 2nd garden hadn't been tended for many years. I just let it run wild. But sometimes did cut weeds down to make a path through to collect kindling. (Misty always refused to go in that section because it was very 'nettly' and spiky!)
Then this year I completely cleared it as I said.
A week or two after that, I noticed a white flower come up through the bare earth, followed by a few green leaves, which I recognised as Cyclamen. I watched it spring up, and let it do its thing. It is beautiful and doing well. I have no idea how long that must have been there, just waiting for the opportunity to grow! I know I never planted Cyclamen in there, and I have lived in this house for 30 years!
And I don't think Cyclamen grows from a seed dropped by the birds...I think it grows from a bulb.
Now that is what I call Patience!
