Poppy Seed Head

This summer The Late Mate's front garden has been full of poppies, he would have loved them. Goodness knows how they got there.

When the seed heads dried, and I could hear the seeds rattling, I gathered them up. They had been continuing to dry in my house but the time has come when I needed to collect all the seeds from them into a paper bag and store them in the fridge to mimic winter conditions.

In the spring I'll be sending some to his daughter-in-law who wants some and I'll be scattering them in our garden and at the lodge. They may grow: they may not. I'll give them a try!