is it just me?

[veggielover]

at this time of year i get excited about seeds, obsessed even, then once they r sown i start to panic, what if they don't grow, what if i've lost the knack....... i cannot for the life of me keep indoor plants but yet in the last 2 years i seem to have managed to very successfully grow vegetables, even the p*****PS came up good last year!!! is it just a fluke or do i have green fingers for edibles??? The only thing last year that didn't grow well was basil which the previous year done very well...... really is a game of hit and miss isn't it.

[dexterdoglancashire]

I'm the same! Houseplants no, no, no, but veggies OK. Fingers crossed for better weather this year and lots of lovely veg to choose from.

[vicky]

I lay in bed at night and think about the seeds. And I can't sow all seeds in one tray or pot, has to be in at least two trays in case something* happens to one of them

*'small child' can be inserted here...

[bramble]

The only thing that bothers me is, what if I can't fit them all in. Never enough space when you're a gardener.

[veggielover]

i've sown some toms, chilli's aubergines and peppers this afternoon, first sowings this year! kids spotted them on the shelf above the radiator and have decided that tomorrow we r sowing sunflowers and the peas.......... seems my addiction has rubbed off! lol

having gone through the seed box i only have to buy basil this year, and have sorted the box into order for what gets sown when. Really quite excited to get going now.

[Snadger]

No.........it's not just you!

[taff]

not just you,I can kill any house plant except an aloe vera, I managed to kill that by accidentally leaving it outside this winter.
I'll get them one way or another.....

[Bren In Pots]

I'm starting to feel my life revolves around my seed box

[elsie-scot]

As I was sowing seeds yesterday, I was thinking, isn't it magically that these wee tomato seeds grow into such huge plants in such a short time, and then I started thinking, oh no what if they dont grow, oh better sow a few more just in case.

[taskey]

hi all

not posted for ages, and i have spent most of the morning catching up.

it has been really cold here and i have been holding off planting anything, but i could not resist chucking some tomatoes and jalapenos into some started pots and see how we get on. they are in a propagator on my sunniest windowsill at the moment.

i have ordered a new cover for my walk in (last one blew away before the snow came). i have found my seed tin from last year and all are still in date, so hopefully the nice weather will hold and i can get some of the garden tidied up and some seeds planted.

[FionaH]

I am not allowed to touch the houseplants, but do fine on veg
I have told em at work not to let me near the indoor plants too

[binley100]

I don't have houseplants apart from cacti in the conservatoire, cos I forget to water them .

[veggielover]

binley.... i also have a cacti, but think i've killed that 2!!!! its got very tall and the middle is a bit spongy, although it has healed itself once in the past, the stem splits in 2 about a 3rd of the way up and the smaller split, split away from the longer split, not totally though so i put a cane in to hold the smaller in place, abra cadabra the split healed and its once again one whole plant.

[bobleponge]

No VL its not just you. Since I sowed my leeks, I have been looking at the pots at least a dozen times a day.
'tis obsessive this growing business.

[TonyF]

While we were back in the Uk we picked up our Xmas presents from family - yes, I know, it was February but hey ho .......

My sister in law had bought me a new gardening mug and a seed box. It's very nice and has room for almost 8 packets of seeds I think. It was a really kind thought and I appreciated it very much.

I didn't have the heart to tell her about the two 45 litre IKEA boxes that I keep my seeds in at home, they're the biggest that Ikea do for home storage I think - obsessive, moi?????????????????????? about seeds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!