I would like to grow some bean sprouts too but I meant getting the plants for outside ready by growing the shoots in the window first coz Feb will be too cold and early :). I really want coriander - in Portugal there was so much we'd get bunches of it fresh whenever reqd.

Ah scrumping.....! Not heard that used, but then, not seen that many folk scrumping for apples and stuff. Scrumping wasn't something I did in my childhood in India. Blackberries ARE a fav. though and I have seen plenty of folk scrumping in the autumn.