This is not an over-nosy query about the state of your personal well-being. It is a serious gardening enquiry.

Because if you are a new gardener, or someone who has always bought your plants already green and leafy, you might be interested in Seedy Saturday’s 10:15 workshop Starting with the Seed. Linda Petite, Head Gardener at the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific, will talk about the advantages of growing from seed, and walk us through what to do with the little darlings once we’ve bought them.

As they say, if a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well. So, if you are going to go to seed, you may as well learn how to do it from a pro.

Photo courtesy of Kathryn Pankowski