Can you have too many seeds..? Probably, if I look at the growing collection screaming "plant me, plant me" in the study. Then there are the ones in the greenhouse left over from last year. Oh, and the ones in the shed. Plus a few packets I got free from magazines. And the ones DC got with magazines he gave me, because he had too many seeds. I found Quite a few packets, in other words.
I must admit I'm like a kid in a sweetshop, where seeds are concerned. After poring over the Kings Seeds catalogue, I ordered enough for this season's campaign.
Then some of the bargain shops started selling some of Mr Fothergill's finest at two packs for a quid - even selection packs of courgettes and salad leaves, which were RRP £4.95.
One pack of the latter last year kept us in cut and come again tender leaves for what seemed like months for the sake of a tray or two in the greenhouse.
I went into a garden centre this very afternoon to get some greenhouse bolts and ended up with no bolts but six packets of tomato seed. So I now have 10. And that's before I find a couple of varieties we've been meaning to try, but haven't found on our forays yet.
Don't even mention peppers. Hot, cold, waxy, Hungarian, bell - it's a bull market.
Is there and end to this madness..? Maybe we'll organise a seed swop shop up the allotments. Maybe if we did, we'd just end up with even more seeds.
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