Small Autumn Veg Patch

£39.99

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Just the thing for a smaller, country garden

This is such a good garden to get you started with growing your own over the autumn and winter months. You get a wide selection of really healthy greens, with cabbages and kales as well as some fun Chinese leaves that are just the ticket for stir fries. All the winter favourites are in there too, with spinach, a packet of broad bean seeds (everything else in the garden comes as a baby plant) and calabrese broccoli, and you can enjoy some more unusual leaves for winter salads as well.

If you’ve got two or three raised beds in your garden, or a smaller veg area with space for some extra pots and containers then this will do you very well indeed.

Area required: approximately 10m²

Delivery info: Once you’ve placed your order you will receive a single delivery containing all your plants between September and mid-late October.

Can be grown in: 2-3 beds or a smaller area with extra pots/growbags

How it works: Order at any time between now and mid/late October and we’ll send your plants to you in a single delivery as soon as we can after that date. You will also receive a helpful growing guide packed full of tips and advice with your garden so you don’t even need to have any gardening knowledge.

Please note that the contents of this garden may vary slightly depending upon the season.

Transplants are suitable for organic growing.

What's in the Box
When your garden arrives
Planting your garden
Delivery

Contains the following baby plants

Red Russian Kale

x 10

Spring Cabbage – Spring Green

x 10

Winter Green Cabbage

x 10

Frills Mustard

x 10

Broccoli (Calabrese) – Green Sprouting

x 10

Turnip

x 10

Corn Salad

x 10

Tatsoi

x 10

Spring Onion – White Lisbon

x 20

Mixed Winter Lettuce

x 20

Spinach – Perpetua

x 10

Winter Purslane

x 10

Curly Kale (Borecole) – Green Curled Dwarf

x 10

Cavolo Nero – Nero di Toscano (Black Kale)

x 10

Packet of Broad Bean Seed

Get your garden ready to plant...

When your garden arrives, your plants will need to be unpacked and watered before they are ready to plant. Follow our three step guide below:

1. Unpack your plants

Your baby plants will arrive carefully packed in straw. They may look a little tired from their travels. This is quite normal but, as soon as possible, carefully unpack them all.

2. Identify each plant

Each type of plant will have an identification label to help you spot which they are. Lay them out into their respective plant types (e.g. lettuce, cauliflower, peas).

3. Give them a drink

The roots may be dry, so give them all a good drink of water by standing the plants upright, being especially careful with the ones that aren’t in bio pots, and submerging the roots for a few minutes in a container of clean water.

3 steps to success...

When you’re ready to plant your Rocket Garden there’s a very simple 3 step process to planting them; whether you’re planting in pots, containers, grow bags, raised beds or straight into the ground.

1. Dig a hole

Using a trowel or a dibber (basically a pointed stick) make a hole big enough in the soil to fit the roots of your baby plant and ideally sprinkle in a handful of wormcast fertiliser. This will give your plants a great start in their new home and help to feed them throughout the growing season.

2. Pop the plant in

Carefully place the plant into the hole, making sure it is standing upright.

3. Fill the hole with soil

Cover up the roots of the plant using some of the soil you took out to make the hole, allowing the leaves or green shoots of the plant to remain out in the open. Then firm the soil around the base of the plant with your hands.

When we deliver
We deliver these veg patches from September until mid/late October, depending upon the season. It is a little tricky for us to give a specific date as we do not use any artificial heat to raise our plants, so we are a little dependant on the weather.

You can order from…
These veg patches are available to be ordered from August through to mid/late October (please note, they will be dispatched in Sept/Oct)

Do I need to sign for them?
All our plant orders are dispatched with an overnight courier* to mainland UK and do not need to be signed for when they are delivered, but will be left somewhere safe. When placing your order, please let us know where you would like the plants left if you are not in when the courier delivers.

We will keep you posted
You will receive an email a few days before your order is dispatched and another on the day your plants are packed and leave us so you know to expect and prepare for their arrival.