Sowing seeds... at what price?

Easter weekend - a great opportunity to sow some seeds and do some reading about growing vegetables. Lots of fun. Over the last three weeks, I have planted 21 different types of seed. I was surprised when I added up the list last night. I am most excited about my first adventure growing peppers: three different types, including a cultivar of chili called Demon Red!

One thing that surprises me is the price of seed and how much it varies from place to place. I bought some at Pugh's Garden Centre - mostly supplied by Thompson & Morgan but the cheapest place by some margin was Lidl - at 29p for a packet of lettuce seed, this represents the GREAT value. Those Demon Red seeds, however, were £3.29 - that was supposed to be for 8 seeds although there was only four in the packet. I am going to email Thompson & Morgan right now! On the positive side all the seeds seem to be growing.... :-)