Lidl (which is one of those German supermarkets in the UK) has a display
of herb, vegetable and flower seeds. Packets are priced at 29p (small)
or 49p (large)

I noticed and/or bought: Scorzonera, French Bean: Kinghorn Wax, Kohl
Rabi. Peas: Meteor. Some of their cultivars are unknown to me, perhaps
they're more popular in Germany.

I think many gardeners will find something unusual and at very low
prices.

Last year, I had a 29p packet of sunflowers from the same source. They
grew well although a lot of the blooms were a dark red. I would have
preferred yellow but I had a guy knock on the door and ask me where he
could get seeds for these fantastic flowers!

Another cheap source of seeds (and other gardening stuff) is Wilkinsons.
Their seed range is fairly ordinary although they do have some
organics. Difficult to spend over a pound/packet.

I'm just a customer.

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com

On Sun, 2 Mar 2003 01:27 +0000 (GMT), (Steve Harris)
wrote:

Lidl (which is one of those German supermarkets in the UK) has a display
of herb, vegetable and flower seeds. Packets are priced at 29p (small)
or 49p (large)

I noticed and/or bought: Scorzonera, French Bean: Kinghorn Wax, Kohl
Rabi. Peas: Meteor. Some of their cultivars are unknown to me, perhaps
they're more popular in Germany.

I think many gardeners will find something unusual and at very low
prices.



Thank you very much for the tip Steve. There is a Lidl near here.
Diana

On Sun, 2 Mar 2003 01:27 +0000 (GMT), (Steve Harris)
wrote:

Lidl (which is one of those German supermarkets in the UK) has a display
of herb, vegetable and flower seeds. Packets are priced at 29p (small)
or 49p (large)

problem is getting served in these places, staff are at skeleton level
and the trollies are overflowing

Steve Harris wrote:

: Lidl (which is one of those German supermarkets in the UK) has a display
: of herb, vegetable and flower seeds. Packets are priced at 29p (small)
: or 49p (large)

[...]

: Another cheap source of seeds (and other gardening stuff) is Wilkinsons.
: Their seed range is fairly ordinary although they do have some
: organics. Difficult to spend over a pound/packet.

CN Seeds score well on both the "cheap" and "interesting" front - IMO.

http://www.cnseeds.co.uk/

They mostly seem to do herbs and flowers - not many fruit and veg.
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