I've gone back to my old methods

with the ground being so dry i thought i need to go back to growing in paper pots so i set to and made quite a few I'm trying swede parsnip and carrots in paper pots never had much luck last time with paper pots but see how they make out this time round

years ago we used to grow seeds in blocking compost and I've still got the blocking tool but I've never seen any blocking compost for sale for years round here perhaps they stopped making it ?

and i don't know if you could make your own blocking compost? I'm making my own compost mix at present because most garden centres round here have runout or selling other brands that are double the price what one would usually pay what ever happened to buy three bags  for twelve nicker?

It's been at least 5 years since I did compost blocks but I found that using fairly sodden peat based compost worked well when making the blocks. At the time I would have just used B&Q's own brand.