That's how I started ..
A packet here.. a packet there..
Just a recreational seed buyer..
Then one or two packets a day..
"I can handle it", I said. "I can give up anytime.."
All my money started going on seeds ... pushers' catalogues through the letterbox every day... Sutton's, Marshalls, Fothergills... I think they were selling my name on...
I finally hit rock bottom.. sitting in my allotment shed, thousands of packets of seeds in boxes up to the roof. Pawned my fork and spade. Wheelbarrow went on Ebay.
Nothing left in the kitty..
God knows - I tried withdrawal on my own. Order nothing for a week, then relapse. Binge! Get thirty, forty packets through the door; fifteen varieties of tomato...
Then someone told me about SAA - Seed Addicts Anonymous..
I've been clean now for three months. I keep well clear of Gardener's Question Time and Monty Don - that devil's henchman..
I even avoid greengrocers shops with outside displays of veg..
SAA reckon by Spring I'll be able to cope with a dozen packets of basic stuff. Boltardy; Musselburgh; Little Gem. No more. One tomato variety..
So guys, the next time that those thick catalogue envelopes drop through the door...
Remember one who went to the brink, and just managed to step back..
Just say 'No!..