Water from a tap and water from the sky are two completely different compounds.
A few days ago I connected up the hosepipe to fill all the animal drinkers and duck pools - the ducks have new pools so were most excited. quacking happily and nodding their heads up and down.
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| Happiness is... |
While I was waiting for them to fill, I inspected the onion sets. A couple of them were just beginning to emerge, but none of them was exactly in a hurry. I inspected the broad beans too. More precisely, I gazed at the soil in search of something that didn't resemble a marigold seedling. But nowt. This happens with broad beans every year. They wait until I've almost given up hope, then they appear.
Overnight it rained. What a result! For rain water doesn't just keep plants alive, it breathes life into them. So I entered the garden this morning and voila!
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The first broad bean seedlings
shoving the soil out of their way
and onions two inches tall!
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Generally speaking, broad beans are the first outdoor sown seed to come through in my veg patch. From now on its onward and upward.
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| The shallots put on an amazing spurt of growth too. |
