turps

That's too sad that you didn't get to meet up with Arsenic. You definitely need to read lots of nice stories to make up for it.

You always end up making your stories heartwrenching, it's nothing to wonder at! It's what you do!

I didn't know chives where easy to grow, no one here grows them. At least not anyone I've ever heard of. Maybe they need a warmer climate than ours. Strike that! I just realised that instead of "chives" I'd subconciously read "leeks". Chives everyone grows of course but you almost always buy a plant or get one from a friend. I've never tried growing them from seeds.

Poor Kayleigh. I'm keeping my fingers crossed she'll get some good answers asap.