My plan to grow my own veg has taken its first baby steps with a large order from the Organic Gardening Catalogue.

The following seeds should shortly be on their way…

• PARSNIP The Student
• ROCKET Rucola
• MUSHROOMS White Cap Spawn – April-July
• FENNEL Finale
• HERB COLLECTION – Summer Sowing (Borage, Chervil, Coriander (leaf) Sorrel, Sage, Lemon Balm, Purslane (pictured), Peppermint)
• LETTUCE Mixed Lettuces
• ONION Long Red Florence
• CARROTS Rainbow Mix
• COURGETTE All Green Bush
• ONION Ailsa Craig
• ONION Bedfordshire Champion
• SUNFLOWER Russian Mammoth
• PUMPKIN Tom Fox
• PUMPKIN Rouge vif D Etampes
• RUNNER BEAN Desiree
• DRYING BEAN Soissons
• POTATO COLLECTION Blight Resisters 5kg (1kg each of Colleen, Orla, Milva, Robinta and Valor)
• SWEETCORN Sweetie
• SNAP POD PEA Sugar Bon
• RADISH China Rose
• RADISH French Breakfast
• SPRING ONION White Lisbon
• CABBAGE Christmas Drumhead
• CABBAGE Greyhound
• BRUSSELS SPROUT (Late) Seven Hills

I have also been reading my new allotment book, that tells me how to spend 30 mins a day getting the most out of an allotment, and erm, handily tells me not to buy seeds, but to get pre-started plants from the garden centre.