I've decided to grow cress in my drawer at work...
How did this begin? Well I had the urge to get my fingers green as we creep into spring. I wanted to bring some life into the world. Single handedly saving the jaguar wasn't enough in my drive to reshape the world into a better, greener utopia.
Then a co-worker made a comment about a sandwich box I had on my desk; inquiring if it was a mini incuabator. This off the cuff remark inspired me into action. Yes the M&S Classic Sandwich Collection packaging would make for an excellent green house. But what to grow?
Cress seemed like the best bet; it's easy and grows fast. Or at least I remember it being so from Primary School. All I needed was some damp cotton wool and cress seeds.
Do you know how difficult it is to get cress seeds in Douglas on the Isle of Man? Answer is very. I searched up and down the highstreet to no avail. B&Q and some of the large garden centres would no doubt have them but they are too far out of town to make it during a lunch break. 2 days of searching yielded nothing. The last place I could think of was Tescos; where every little helps.
Weirdly you could get 'Little Growers Cress' in a colourful packet aimed at children for £1.49
whilst the more serious packaged variation cost £1.99 for the same amount.
In the search to find some seeds I picked up a Kinder Egg and Surprise! I got another little monster. A little green monster. So I thought 'This little dude will be the perfect protector for my seedlings in the hostile office environment'.
Here we have the seeds 'planted' and ready to go with the little monster watching over them.
Another reason I'm doing this is I hate my job and since someone ripped the q section out of my dictionary I don't know the meaning of the word quit so I'm desperately trying to get fired. Is desk drawer horticulture a sackable offence in a leading multi-national bank? Who knows. Lets hope so.
