Without the vision of the flowers and the colour combination in my mind, I wouldn't perhaps be prepared to do all the sowing, watering, hardening off, planting out, thinning, feeding and tying in that it takes to get from one to the other! From many years of practice and trial and error I have a lot of confidence in my skills I guess, and I find this kind of work very therapeutic - I love it, and it doesn't feel like 'work' most of the time....and come summer the pleasure of walking out of the door early on a quiet sunny morning and walking in among the flowers, smelling the scents, delighting in the colours of the day's new poppies and picking a few of the colours that excite me most to put on the breakfast table - well it's heaven.
I must do more before and after photos.