Acorns have waited all winter to be in the right place at the right time and today the brown shells split, the simple leaves began to swell and the powerful root began to push down into the soil. A drift of acorns half trodden into the mud decided today was the day and erupted into life.
I couldn’t resist picking up a handful of nuts that were not yet attached to the soil and I took them home in my pocket. I have laid them in a pot of soil from the oldest part of the garden, where hopefully the good things that trees need will bind with the emerging roots and seedlings will grow.
Like most people, I have never grown an oak tree, but I have a feeling that it really is about time to try!
Cathy's real country garden 
As a child, I once grew a little oak tree in a plant pot. When it started to get too big, I surreptitiously planted it in our local park. Don’t know what happened afterwards.
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I hope it is flourishing! what a good thing to do!
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Nice post. A few years ago I ‘tree followed’ a young oak which is on one of the other plots. xx
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how did it get on? x
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It’s still there, growing well. xx
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Excellent. I hope I get to plant one that does as well!
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best wishes!
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Nature teaches all the best lessons, like you’ll grow when the time is right and not before. Lovely.
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So true!
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You’ve inspired me. I’m going to grow an oak tree. Well, plant an acorn.
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I am delighted! Fingers crossed for the first hundred years!🌱🌱
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I hope they will germinate, Cathy. Fingers crossed!
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It might be the start of a long journey!
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