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Last week I found vine weevils on the rim of the pot my orange tree lives in. It stands next to my 'nursery' of seedlings, so potentially hundreds of plants could be affected. The adults cause little damage, save for a few nibbles on the edges

Last spring I found a foxglove seedling in a pot, which had presumably self-seeded from a neighbour's garden. Excited, I potted it on and nurtured it in anticipation of seeing it flower this year. (Foxgloves are biennial, so flower in their second

. I’d almost given up when two little seedlings appeared last spring. Sadly, they never flourished. The weather was very dry at the time (remember the drought?) and I took my eye off the ball. I failed my field roses through lack of watering

nursery. I ran out of labels quite early on, so convinced myself the 'surprise' element of my new seedlings would be both exciting and educational. Of course, it turned out to be a very frustrating experience: not only were cordon tomatoes planted

pretty garden and home-grown veg.Starting indoors, there's a propagator, containing seedlings of basil and garlic chives, which are in dire need of transplanting. I also need to pot on the sunflowers I'm growing as part of the Gardeners' World sunflower

- one of which I was aware of, the other I wasn't. As I have written before, I need to sort out my walls. They are still quite bare, but I'm hoping the ivy seedlings will work their magic in the coming years, transforming them into valuable habitats

it into the mud. Everyone else is sowing tomatoes and chillies, excitedly tending seedlings. I'm transplanting grass.

, while, according to folklore, the long taproot makes a good liver tonic and could even cure gallstones. A small seedling appeared in one of my pots last week, but I'm letting it grow and seed around the garden before I start tucking in. I've also

and dry in the compost bin.So instead of removing plant debris, digging over borders and mulching this weekend, I'll be out foraging leaves from the park to top up my leaf piles, planting snake's head fritillary bulbs, moving foxglove seedlings and taking

’s little difference in cropping time between those sown in February and April. I’ll be trying out my new heated propagator though, so that could make a difference. The trick is providing seedlings with enough light, which there isn’t much of at this time