sweet peas

These should have gone in the ground by Saint Patrick's Day, 2 months ago. I had put them on damp kitchen paper to soak the morning before, as Michael's mum had told me. She prepared her bed with rotting guavas that had fallen from her tree, but I must make do with some fresh potting mix.

I have three colours - an old-fashioned white, a dark-blue and a light-blue. I used to have a pink variety called Painted Lady but none sprouted last year.