I bought some lavender seeds the other day - special offer and only enough to make plants from not for eating the sprouts. The packet says 1-5 months germination time! At least they are reasonably hardy once established!

I also have some thyme seeds and it occurs to be that huge swathes of flowering thymes and lavenders will a)smell nice, b)taste nice and c) be buzzing with lovely bees!

I will try to get a lot more herbs growing - things likeTansy and feverfew and some A. Mollis and all those cottage garden herbs that we grew in the garden when I was a child and which the cottagers grew because they were both useful and pretty.

I also got some Hollyhock seeds cos I love Hollyhocks and they remind me of my father :)