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and store the whole seedhead in a paper bag, but it's preferable to let the seed ripen on the plant.Agapanthus seed is thin, laid flat in overlapping layers in a papery capsule that bursts into three separate sections. The seed is black with a papery tail

Plastic gutteringFine-tooth tenon saw or hacksawMulti-purpose compostWatering canMarch - August20 minutesharvest from April to SeptemberSprinkle a pinch of your salad seed along the length of the compost-filled guttering and lightly cover the seed with a thin layer

regularly (known as successional sowing), to harvest over a longer period.Carefully sow the rocket seeds thinly along the row, spacing them out as evenly as possible. The distance between the seeds should be about 3cm.Use the edge of a hoe or a trowel

Fill pots with seed compost, tap to settle, and lightly press the surface with the base of a pot. Space your seeds evenly over the compost.Cover seeds thinly with fine, sieved compost, or use a layer of vermiculite, a sterile material perfect for covering

round. Also, many attract bees, butterflies and other insects, providing a valuable resource for our native wildlife.Raise cut flowers from seed in small pots or modular trays during spring, and the cut-flower plants will be ready to plant out in May

one small, inexpensive seed.Sweet peas aside, annual climbers are rarely seen in borders, but they're easy to grow from seed with a heated propagator in a greenhouse (or a frost-free porch or indoor window sill).Annual climbers are often grown as fast