If I recall correctly, this offer was published in the Telegraph on one of the first really good spring days, early this month. I spent the whole day at the allotment, and only saw the paper because I'd popped to Sainsbury's-at-Jacksons (or whatever they're calling themselves this week) for lunch after a hard morning's digging - much as it is my intention to be self-sufficient in veg this year, unfortunately North Yorkshire allotments aren't terribly rich in immediately consumable produce in early March, so a slightly dodgy cheese pasty & a chocolate bar it had to be. The prospect of a "free*" raised bed kit, and the seeds to plant in it, tempted me to a paper to read over lunch. I duly sent off my cheque, and apparently - for I promptly forgot entirely - ordered two seed collections as well, for now I have 17 varieties of vegetables and herbs, and eight of cottage garden flowers (though no raised bed kit yet, I assume that'll arrive soon.) Where I'm going to plant them all I do not know, perhaps I'll take up guerrilla gardening.
- Broccoli (early purple sprouting)
- Cabbage (Golden acre)
- Carrot (Nantes 2)
- Spring onion (white Lisbon)
- Beetroot (Detroit)
- Lettuce (Marvel of four seasons)
- Tomato (red cherry)
- Swiss chard (ruby)
- Sweet pepper (California wonder)
- Salad (California mixed)
- Aubergine (F1 mixed)
- Butternut squash
- Chili pepper (Jalapeno)
- Pumpkin (Atlantic giant)
- Parsley (Italian giant)
- Basil (sweet Genovese)
- Rocket
- Lavender (dwarf Munstead)
- Pinks (cottage garden)
- Nicotiana (Roulette F2 mixed)
- Candytuft (Amara)
- Brachycome (swan river daisy)
- Night-scented stock
- Sweet William (Indian carpet)
- Wallflower (my fair lady)
*I can only assume the suppliers make their money by tempting you into buying more, either there & then or later, when a new catalogue of "special offers" drops through the letterbox each month.
Thank you for my seeds in the post. They're fab :-D
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