buying seedlings

I'd imagine most garden centres will have them. Noticed that this year supermarkets are also selling veg seedlings, but the runner beans I saw yesterday (6 for £3) looked half-dead to me  - garden centres are probably better geared up to looking after them.

They can be horrendously pricey though, and in some cases will work out more expensive than buying the veg from a supermarket.

If you know the difference between a good strong healthy plant from a weedy weakling, sunday boot markets might be a good option.

If for some reason you can't start your own from seed, there'll be some that'll be better value than others - eg courgettes & runner beans - the plants that like to keep on giving (and giving and giving and giving).

Fastmonkey85, where are you based and what seedlings do you need? I have quite a lot of different spares going at the moment, all for free.

  Robbo.

Went to B & Q recently and they are selling veg plants, but as mentioned b4 you have to pick your plants

The selection at my local B&Q looked pretty abysmal even to a beginner gardener like me. I think the worst of the lot were the pepper plants - very small looking, with a couple of already ripe red peppers, for more than 7 quid. Correct me if I'm wrong, but a pepper plant put out in the cold and with already two fully mature peppers is not likely to produce any more, is it?