Remember! Start small, whether it's a container or raised beds; give your garden time to grow
Plant seeds that are easy to grow - the six Incredible Edibles grow very well in Irish weather
Don't forget to water your garden
Use compost on your garden for healthy plants
Enjoy the experience!
Compost
Kitchen and garden waste like food and grass cuttings can be broken down by bacteria and fungi to turn it into compost. Compost is very nutritious for growing gardens.
What can you compost?
Anything that was once living will compost - banana skins, apple cores, potato skins
Grass clippings and weeds rot quickly
Old and tough plants decay slowly, such as wood clippings and should be broken in to smaller pieces
A good compost heap should have a mixture of fast decaying materials and slow decaying materials
Sowing and Growing
For visual guidance as to how to plant the seeds, head over to our videos section! Sowing Seeds 1. Fill each of the small recyclable pots with seed compost 2. Tamp down the compost so it is reasonably rm in the pots 3. Create a small indentation on the top of the compost with your thumb 4. Place the seed or seeds in the small indentation and spread some compost back over this area 5. Water using the ne nose from your bottle top waterers set 6. Put on a warm windowsill and wait for nature to do its thing. Don’t water again for at least a week 7. You should see the seedlings pop their head up out of the compost some time from 5-14 days Sowing
Potato Seeds 1. Fill one of the large black recyclable pot with seed compost 2. Tamp down the compost so it is reasonably rm in the pots 3. Create three large indentations in the compost approximately 10-15cm deep 4. Place the seeds in the indentions and spread some compost back over this area 5. Water using the ne nose from your bottle top waterers set 6. Put on a warm windowsill with plenty of sunlight. Water whenever the soils dries out 7. You should see the seedlings pop their head up out of the compost some time from 21-28 days
Sowing Strawberry Plants 1. Fill one of the large black recyclable pot with seed compost 2. Tamp down the compost so it is reasonably rm in the pots 3. Create three indentations in the compost 4. Place the plants into the indentations and put the compost around the plant root 5. Water using the ne nose from your bottle top waterers set 6. Put on a warm windowsill with plenty of sunlight. Water whenever the soil dries out 7. The plants will begin to grow
As the Wildflowers are new to the grow pack, here is some direction on how to plant them: The Bees and Butterflies Mix of wildflowers is a carefully chosen range of annual flowers that are rich in both nectar and pollen that both bees and butterflies adore. Easy to grow and fast to flower, these hardy annuals can be sown directly outdoors where they are to grow in a prepared seed bed.
Seeds can be sown thinly at around 1 gram per square metre. Do not sow too thickly, while it is good for plants to offer each other a little support you do not want them to out compete one another.
Garden Tips and Ideas
Check out our videos below on Creative Garden Ideas for Small Spaces, How to prepare your soil and how to make your garden more biodiversity friendly!
