Seedaholic

It is that wonderfully optimistic time of year again, time to start planting seeds for summer flowers.

Over the winter, it is always lovely to peruse the seed catalogues and dream dreams of lush summer borders. Do you, like me, sit in front of a fire, glass of wine or cuppa in hand, flicking through seed catalogues, with the hungry eyes of a fashion maven reading Vogue? Sarah Raven's catalogue is shamelessly glam in its lush, glossy, 'you know you want me' marketing - mouthwatering photography and fabulous combinations on every page. Resistance is largely futile, but this year at least I made a 'wish' list and a 'don't be so ridiculous, this is what we can afford' list. I managed to stick to the latter, miraculously. Which was a good job, because a month later I discovered the Irish (Co. Mayo) seed company, Seedaholic.

What a discovery!

The online site is a pleasure to navigate which is a bit of a novelty with seed companies in my experience. The descriptions of plants is excellent and the information is really thorough. If you need any advice they email you back in a nano-second, and the whole experience is a user-friendly joy.

What I wasn't expecting was the delightfulness of the package that arrived a few days after my order.

Check this out, peeps,

Sweet little envelopes of seeds, photo on the front and as much information on accompanying sheets as you could possibly need pertinent to each different seed. (Jane, note I got poppies for you!).

Look at all this, the effort they have gone to is almost touching.

I have sown a hundred or so cosmos seeds in trays, gorgeous and unusual varieties. Sitting in a light filled landing above our hallway, they have germinated in three days. I'm well chuffed with the whole experience, can you tell?! Just wait until I have a proper greenhouse....