Simply Grow..and keep....

22/8/2013

The tissue paper like Shirley Poppies have a very short vase life, but you can keep them for about three days if you sear the ends with a flame for a few seconds before putting them in the vase. Dipping the ends in boiling water has a similar effect I'm told.

Isn't the picture of snow on the matchbox incongruous? It reminds me how totally one can forget winter....

6 Comments

Michele

22/8/2013 11:52:51 am

If only I could totally forget winter. I can't bear to see winter scenes in summer. As I get older, I can barely stand winter scenes out my window!

Freda

23/8/2013 05:23:53 am

Can you think of a little plan to make this winter better than previous ones? (Will write a post on this soon!)

elaine link

22/8/2013 03:32:45 pm

Please - don't even mention the 'W' word. I have never grown Shirley poppies they look so delicate - the beauty of all poppies is so fleeting it hardly seems worthwhile cutting them at all.

Freda

23/8/2013 05:25:50 am

Thank you for inspiring tonight's post on poppies Elaine, and sorry about the W word (but see above!)

cath

23/8/2013 12:45:27 am

Did you purchase these matches because the blue tip 'matches' so well with the box? I would have been tempted to. Ours are always the same sort of red.

Freda

23/8/2013 05:27:08 am

Didn't see this till I got them home - nice isn't it? Easily pleased, aren't we!

Simply Grow..and keep....

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