Onto part deux, welcome to the sequel about all things ‘b’.

I have to confess that the title of this post is nothing more than a show off on my part to use some of the new gardening terms I have learnt recently. Before you say it, no that doesn’t include the word ‘berries’ I had already heard of that one but I needed a third ‘B word’ to make it look good.

You know thinking about it, there would have been a time not so long ago when I thought blight was a spelling error and bolting was some new DIY term! But thanks to advice from much more knowledgeable gardeners than myself I am now learning.

Anyway time to go off on a tangent. I never had myself down as one of those people who are so totally in tune with nature that they believe plants are living organisms that have feelings.

‘Do plants feel?’
‘Can you hurt a plants feelings?’

I once read on the internet.

Well I’m sure I don’t know but I can tell you that if plants do have feelings I feel we may owe our tomato plant a huge apology.

I had grown quite fond of the blotchy, brown, blighted, twiggy mess that was once a glorious tomato plant, but the time had come for it to leave us as we were unable to save the plant or the fruit. I was all for quickly yanking the poor thing out but Rich had other ideas. Grabbing the secateurs he insisted on cutting the poor thing up into itty bitty pieces asking me after every snip if I was sure I wanted to get rid of it. By the time there was a single lonely stalk poking through the soil, second thoughts seemed a bit redundant so it quickly took up residence in the recycling bin.

The broccoli which had ‘bolted’ suffered the same fate, although I have to say minus the ‘chopping into itty bitty pieces’ and simply got chucked away – I do think it may have got the better deal!

Oh yes, and before I forget we have new strawberries! I thought the plant had gone to sleep but Rich helpfully pointed out the planting tag thing which said they were annuals. Guess that would explain it!

So in summary do plants have feelings? I hope not, and try not to think about that next time you stand on some grass!