First task on arriving was to stock up with some bird food and managed to find the suet slabs I wanted:
as well as some suet balls and wild bird seed. Then on to the seed displays.
After scouring the vast display racks I finally spotted some.
I am not a great fan of Thompson and Morgan products based of previous experience but did find better value for home grow cress seed seems to be with the packets aimed at children. Well, they do say by the time one reaches my age it's like entering a second childhood.
Grabbed a couple of packets and had a look at the indoor plant section. The items I could have been interested in looked neglected and half dead so I moved outside to see what was on offer.
On offer at three for £5 I chose some as they may thrive better in one of my raised beds during time of low rainfall.
Those still screen grabs are from a video taken by this:
A ball point pen which contains a video camera. The lens is in the clip:
During my visit the pen was in my shirt pocket. Consequently it was moving with my body and the resulting video is all over the place. It was by way of an experiment. The camera would be ideal in more static situations.
Mission accumplished:
First batch of cress seeds on the kitchen window sill.
You'll be getting called up by MI5. Can't remember what egg and cress tasted like. I must investigate the matter.
ReplyDeleteOoh! A James Bond type camera :) Glad you found some cress seeds eventually. I love egg and cress sarnies with mayonnaise or salad cream too :)
ReplyDeleteWell, I learned something new from this post as I did not know what cress seeds were. I googled it and it looks like egg salad with bean sprouts on it, altho, I understand that bean sprouts and cress seeds are not quite the same in taste.
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of cress seeds! Your hidden camera pen is quite amazing, John!
I too love egg and cress sandwiches. Especially if a tiny fraction of Dijon mustard is added. Of equal love is chopped egg, chopped fresh tomato and mayonnaise all mixed together. My mum always made these for childhood picnics, which had a distinctive aroma after 3 hours in the sun when we got to open the Tupperware box. As for growing cress seeds that was another child of the 1970's joy. Some damp tissue paper on a plate on the kitchen window, sprinkle the seeds, a week to 10 days later magic had occurred. Who needs any more stimulation than that as a child?
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