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Sow your sweet pea seeds

Tutor: Rachel, keen gardener and print artist

Keen gardener, allotment owner, recycler and the Virtual Village Hall’s resident print artist, Rachel Moore, shows us how to get ahead for a glorious summer of colour and scent by sowing sweet peas in February, with the help of some of the unwanted items from your recycling bin.

Preparation

Prepare your materials.

Video time

15 minutes

  • Pack of sweet pea seeds
  • Peat-free multipurpose compost
  • Cardboard toilet roll cores - enough for 2 x seeds per pot
  • Clean plastic food containers – e.g. take away boxes, vegetable trays.
  • Plastic milk bottle
  • Ruler
  • Sharp scissors
  • Sharpie pen