Tuesday, April 25, 2006
saffron
woohoo! the saffron bulbs i planted way back in about february sometime have sprouted. well, two out of 10 did anyway. they were old and starting to go soft and squishy and rotting when i planted them and i just hoped that by planting them i could stop them decaying further and get some to grow by chance. and low and behold two of them have done just that. i'd almost given up on them and totally forgot about them till i saw the little green spikes emerging in one of the pots the other day. and so the mystery of life goes on. how on earth does that little seed know how to convert hydrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and various other elements into complex molecules that can grow into a big strong plant and produce flowers and tasty little food additives and colourings? it's something i still find amazing. i need a camera so i can post some photos here.
# posted by marvin @ 4:22 PM 
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I am very excited about the saffron - that's expensive stuff!!!! let me know how it goes - I hope you manage to harvest some saffron!
i'll let you know how my gardening goes. you can buy the bulbs for about 2 or $3 each from some saffron places on the web, some are in melbourne too i think. if you visited a farm and had a chat i'm sure you could pick a few up for a few bucks. i'm hoping that they do flower soon, maybe one or two flowers at best most likely, but that will be enough to colour a pot of rice nicely.
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