Free flower seeds

I was walking with a friend on Main Street and saw some very nice purple flowers. As I bent down to get a better look, I noticed that there were some dark, sesame like seeds in the middle of the flower. I shook one flower a little bit and the seeds came tumbling into my hands.


The seeds I collected.

After a bit of research, these flowers turned out to be hardy geraniums:


Pretty nice, I hope they will germinate and bloom in my garden this year.

The garden so far

These are some pictures of the garden.



Nasturtium after transplanting


The various seedlings


The flowers that visits once a year


Hand after labour

New Season

Late post.
I started another season of planting on May 05, 10. The seeds I purchased were:
Lobelia, petunia, cone flower, hollyhock, nasturtium, morning glory, and baby blue eyes.
Throughout this month I have learned a lot about gardening.
Lesson 1:
Plants love sunlight, and need sunlight. Pretty obvious, but sometimes I have found myself skimping on the sunlight and this has led to disastrous results.


My seedlings grew very long and thin due to a lack of direct sunlight

So I put it outdoors after the weather grew warmer and added some soil to prevent the seedlings from falling over.

Lesson 2:
Plants germinate and will need space. I didn't plan well enough and the pots overflowed with seedlings.

Soaking all the morning glory seeds before planting.



Overflower

Lesson 3:
Petunias reseed by themselves.

I found these seedlings in a pot that was full of petunias last year and I recognized they were petunia seedlings, they are very big, bigger than the petunias that I started from seeds: