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2023 - Seeds and Stuff I've bought/acquired - also known as The Confessional.

A packet of Yin Yang dwarf beans from Marshall's (80 beans in the packet). I tried these last year and they were a disaster. Nothing to do with being neglected and overshadowed by the dahlias, of course.

This year I'm going to grow them nearer the back door where I can keep a closer eye on them.

Seed Parade order arrived. Nine packets of seed that were free, P&P was £1.99.
Lettuce Mixed sow by 6/2023
Nicotiana Sensation 6/2023
Carrot Amsterdam Forcing x 2 6/2022
Radish French Breakfast 3 6/2022
Cornflower Ball Strain Black 1/2023
Cleome Violet Queen 1/2023
Clarkia Crown Double Mixed 1/2023
DFB Orinoco 6/2022

Well pleased with that lot and, despite being called "Out of Date", by my standards they're new.

You did well there Veggie their P&P is £2.39 now)

They're also asking for 9p for the Out of date seeds - so I've saved 49p by ordering early.

An order from Seed Parade:

Winter Squash Waltham Butternut
Winter Squash Sweet Dumpling

Free:
Nicotiana Sensation mix
Lettuce mix

Free mystery expired seed:
Dwarf french bean Orinoco 06/22
Basil Italian Classic 01/23
Russian Tarragon 01/23
Asparagus Pea 06/22
Clarkia Crown Double mixed 01/23
Delphinium Crown Pacific mixed 01/23
Lobelia Fountain mix 01/23

Total £3.98 including P&P

Order from Seed Parade!
Carrot Amsterdam Forcing,
Radish French Breakfast 3,
DFB Orinoco
Lettuce Mixed
Greek Basil,
Aster Carousel,
Aster Super Princess,
Wildflower Mix for ClaySoil Contains Grass!!
Lavender Vera (sow by 6/2024).
Dwarf Curled Kale for 20p.
Happy with that lot for £2.59.

Bought some "nearly out-of-date" Franchi Seeds from www.dragons-garden.com for £1 a packet.
New Zealand Spinach
Squash - Serpente di Sicilia
Red Cabbage - Tete de Noire
Onion - Gugnese
Broad bean - Super aquadulce (huge box)
Strawberry - Quattro Stagioni

Forgot that I also got some climbing french bean seeds from the Welsh Seed Hub:

District Nurse - a borlotti style bean for drying
Kew Blue - a purple podded bean
Melbourne's Mini - a green short podded bean

Lidl have got their seeds in!!!!!! So I bought:-
Dwarf French Beans Processor
Dwarf French Beans Kinghorn was (yellow ones)
Onion Stoccarda
Onion barletta
Beetroot Detroit 2
Leeks De Charenton 2
Then I weakened and added:-
Antirrhinum mixed
Lobelia trailing mixed

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