Late home today to a pile of mail - instantly cheered up by the wee collection of seed & plant catalogues that have arrived this week.Ben likes being involved with all stages of the garden development

I also end up with windowsills full of seed trays and now I also use the summerhouse & cold frame to raise young plants once they are past their more fragile state.

Time to inspect the seed collection and start thinking of what I might start sowing soon and what new seeds to buy. I will probably buy more plant plugs this year as I have found in the past I’m marginally better at keeping them alive than raising seedlings. I usually have greater ambitions in what I think I can grow than reality usually proves to be the case.