Believe in the impossible

I bet you can always tell when my post is a Living Lovely challenge post - they are always the best topics! Thank you Heidi for creating these wonderful challenges.

I have horrible plant/garden withdrawals during winter. I love to grow things and since my usual shop where I get paperwhite bulbs hadn't had them yet I decided to try something new while I wait. I bought this pot awhile back and it had been sitting outside getting stained and ugly...er...than normal. :)



Spray paint magic and now it matches the rest of my indoor pots.

What I wanted to try was planting some lavender seeds I harvested at the beginning of fall. I have a TON of them saved and had never tried lavender from seed before.

After I got my pot painted and filled with potting soil I googled for info on planting lavender seeds and had my hopes immediately crushed with the article I read. It basically said that they are difficult to grow from seed because not many of them germinate. I was sad but thought about the work I'd already done and how successful all of my gardening endeavors had been lately. I decided to ignore the article and try it anyway.

I sprinkled a pinch (which contains quite a few seeds because they are tiny!) into my pot and moistened their dirt. Then I put them in my bathroom where they will be next to a heat vent and get sunlight all day. Then I went house-sitting for two weeks. I confess I'd forgotten about it but when I returned home look what awaited me!

I'm so proud of my little lavender sprouts! How fun will it be to nurture my little lavender all winter. And how glad am I that I decided to ignore that article and believe in the impossible? :)