Oliphant Indoor Allotment Gift Set Herb Garden

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Microgreens like typically radishes, mustard greens, chard, broccoli and lettuce can easily be grown at home, if you have a sunny perch and a shallow container to put them in. Spinach, swiss chard and kale are also possibilities for your indoor garden. CELERY Inside the beautifully-illustrated metal keepsake box, you'll find 12 hand-iced lemon biscuits modelled after Emma Bridgewater's Bluebell collection. Lighting the way are Sweet Candle carrots grown in a Tray2Grow watering system using a 107.5 litre collapsible fabric planter. These were planted up in coco growing media with two seeds per drill and thinned out once a plant had appeared in each hole. Phenomenally vigorous in growth and promising an immense harvest, the carrots were raised on the Source fertiliser range, a new liquid feed designed specifically with AutoPot in mind. EC has been kept at around 1.5 with the flowering and PK components of the Source range not deemed necessary in this instance.

Raised beds are trendy because they are attractive, soil quality is easier to manage, and they will ensure you automatically get nice straight pathways in between. Create low-cost raised beds using recycled materials or buy ready-made planter boxes. Either way, you’ll love the benefits and the neat look of a raised bed allotment. Growing your own vegetables is food for the mind and body’* Well, that’s what Bob from down the garden centre said, and he’s about 105 years old and looks like he’s got radishes growing out of his ears, so he should know. Love our Indoor Allotment Gift Growing carrots which need protecting against carrot-root fly, is illogical when you consider how cheap and plentiful British-grown carrots are to buy. Yet carrots continue to be one of the most popular seeds sold, particularly among children who love the magic of pulling up their golden treat. Always grow what you love, but maybe try to make some room for something different this year. You may also be interested in... Gardening isn’t just about shrubs and perennials or annuals though. According to Horticulture Magazine, currently over 35% of Brits now grow their own fruit and veg. If you’ve ever had a go yourself, you’ll know that there is nothing quite like the taste of a courgette or potato you’ve grown yourself. My personal favourite is garden peas, so good they don’t make it to the kitchen but get eaten from the pod! It is often said that the British love their gardens more than their children. This may or may not be the case however not everyone has a garden to love more than their offspring. If you hanker for a garden or even a small plot of land but only live in a flat, then this is the answer. This windowsill plant box brings the outdoors in. With city living, many of us struggle to enjoy vast outdoor spaces and allotments so this indoor version is great for style conscious green-fingered types.

Indoor Allotment Gift

Swap– Try growing cut-and-come-again leaves rather than heads of lettuce, for a low effort crop you can harvest for longer.

Everything is here to get you started on your own herb garden. Making a great house-warming present for friends who have just moved into a new flat or apartment. Place it on the balcony or window ledge for a touch of lovely greenery. Joining a community garden project or tending an allotment is a great way to get your garden fix if you don’t have your own plot of land or outdoor space. Construct your allotment using the following: – a small container for your allotment, some soil/compost or compost substitute (dirt isn’t for everyone – get creative, shredded newspaper, pet sawdust maybe?) Swap - If you love growing potatoes, try – Fir Apple, delicious nutty flavour, very difficult to get in the shops.You can now grow your own herbs with the stylish Indoor Allotment Gift Set. This windowsill plant box brings the outdoors indoors. With city living many of us struggle to enjoy vast outdoor spaces and allotments so this indoor version is great for style conscious green-fingered types. Allotments are small portions of local land made available to individuals for the non-commercial growing of food plants. They’re rented from the landowner (usually the local council) for a very reasonable, essentially nominal sum. And allotments enable you to grow food crops in a friendly, sociable environment, alongside allotment neighbours. The elements – how the sun travels over the plot, how the wind exposure is, and if there are any shaded areas. Armed with the knowledge of what grows well in your area, your decision on what to plant will come down to what you would like your family to eat. The amount of time you are prepared to tend your allotment is also something to keep in mind. Consider all the “cut and come again” veggies that will give you successive harvests through the same season, all from the same plant. This should come up with adiscompassionate score for each option, which you can base your decisions on – or decide to ignore completely. Do I like to eat it?