Best wellyboot forward. Pips frugal edible garden adventures.

Karmacat

Lovely! If I *do* manage to pootle about the globe in a van, it may well be a berlingo

Cheery_Daff

Hooray for a cheery new car :j :j We did lots of sleeping in our Berlingo, as you know

cazmanian_minx

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

Unfortunately not. But if I ever do inherit more garden. I don't suppose you know of smaller loads, round here seems a tonne bag of ready chopped for about £50.

But thanks lovely. How life up north.

I don't I'm afraid - and wow, that's expensive, we're £30 for a tonne bag chopped up here, if I remember correctly!

Life up north is slowly drying out Got my veggie seeds ordered at the weekend

Hope the lurgy departs soon xx

Karmacat

Now, here's a "seeds" question. Realseeds are only open for about an hour a week, although they're open Right Now. So, where else can I buy seeds that aren't F1? Anyone have a fave supplier?

Cheery_Daff

We use

https://www.kingsseeds.com

for the community allotment KC - they do non-F1 stuff (clearly stated at the top of each product description)

Or were you after somewhere that didn't do F1 seeds at all?

Have you joined the heritage seed library? http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/hsl

Not quite what you were looking for but very cheerful!

I'm sure Pippi will have some more useful suggestions rofl

Karmacat

Thanks Cheery! After I'd finished scribbling on various threads on here, Realseeds were still open, so I put an order in but the one you linked to looks really nice

I've just done an order for 3 sets - broad beans, kale, courgettes and calendula, all practical stuff I've got lots of non F1 seeds (like, a couple of dozen!!!) hopefully my garden will supply me with lots of nosh this year, and some pretties too

Pippilongstocking

Well you lot all look like you're sorted.

I'm still full of lurgy so sorry if I'm quiet the now.

Just in from work (snowdrops can't catch lurgy)

And, my exciting news is that they (the garden folks) like me enough to keep me proper and I've got 3 days a week from now on propagating, plants sales and maybe even some teaching when the season warms up a bit.

They said I fitted in grand and liked my cheery nature.

I'm well chuffed.

DawnW

Brilliant news on the job Pippi, but it was only a matter of time till they found you

Greying_Pilgrim

Pippilongstocking wrote: »

And, my exciting news is that they (the garden folks) like me enough to keep me proper and I've got 3 days a week from now on propagating, plants sales and maybe even some teaching when the season warms up a bit.

They said I fitted in grand and liked my cheery nature.

I'm well chuffed.

YAY! :j

Greying x

maddiemay

What great news, I had a feeling that you might be about to find "your niche" when you told us that you were starting there.:j:j:j
MM