Trying again...

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more fool me 😒  You may recall, my lovelies, my enthusiastic post about trying to grow my veggies from seed this year.  Well, what I completely forgot to take into account was the fact that we would be down south for virtually two weeks in April.  Normally this wouldn't be a problem as our lovely neighbour kindly looks after the greenhouse for me when we are away, and I do the same for her.  This time, though, we were all away at the same time which would have been a tad difficult for delicate seedlings.  So I decided to try, yet again, plug plants from Marshalls.  A lot of their plants were due to be sent out around the time we were away but I was able to select some that had a later dispatch date.

I really wasn't holding out much hope that they would be any better this year than they had been previously, but despite my misgivings I nevertheless went ahead.  The first plants arrived last week.....

looking both leggy and sorry for themselves.  These are French beans Dwarf Tender Green.

I potted each cell into a larger pot, without separating the seedlings for the time being.  I'm not convinced that they will turn into sturdy, healthy, plants but maybe a miracle will happen 🤷

I have a selection of plants yet to be dispatched but this is the "journey" information from the courier regarding the two varieties of tomato that have now been sent out:

My parcel's journey

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08/05/2508:25

We have your parcel. Please check back for updates

08/05/2506:17

Your parcel has arrived at your delivery depot (Shetland And Orkney Service Centre)

06/05/2509:49

We have your parcel. Please check back for updates

03/05/2509:41

Your parcel has arrived at your delivery depot

02/05/2521:43

Your parcel is at our national hub

01/05/2500:00

We're expecting your parcel from your sender. We will provide updates here once we receive it

As you can see, it takes a fair few days to get from Marshalls to me.  The above was the latest information from the carriers so even though they state that they have the parcel, there isn't as yet any indication of it actually being out for delivery.

Next year I will definitely be growing from seed!