Mini Propagators

I bought these Bell-Boy-Mini-Propagators in the garden centre today, and they are ideal for growing on my chilli seedlings. We have a south facing garden and the kitchen windowsill gets the sun most of the day. It's an ideal spot for growing seedlings.

I've asked for root-trainers for mother's day, well they last longer than cut flowers!

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday. Amanda x

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Sue Garrett said…

Just a tip - get rid of Chinese comments - I translated one using Google and also clicking on the name ususally takes you somehwere that you would rather not visit.

By the way I once got a packet of flower seeds for Valentine's day!

10 March 2010 at 02:50

Eight by Six said…

thanks I've had these comments before, where do they come from?

How romantic. I've received some seeds in the post this week from The Sunroom, mainly flowers. I'm going to attempt to do a seed giveway this weekend. Or do you think I should do a seed swap?

10 March 2010 at 05:52

Shaheen said…

I am hoping to grow some veg in my tiny garden plot this year too.

I haven't seen these mini propagators, so Thank you so much for introducing them to me. I am going to keep an eye out for them.

And yeah, those comments that keep arriving in what I think is Chinese, yes, do delete them. They have been appearing on a number of fellow blog sites.

21 March 2010 at 05:50

Eight by Six said…

Hello mangocheeks, thanks for popping by. I saw these in Homebase last week. They are working a treat on the windowsill. Amanda x

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