Love this Funky Veg Kit from www.plant-theatre.com
A great way to put some colour in your veg plot and on your plate as the veg seeds in this kit really will produce a great range of funky colours. it includes purple carrot, yellow courgette, stripy tomatoes, red brussel sprouts and multicoloured swiss chard.
Besides the seeds the kit inclues 5 starter growing pots made from peat 5 peat blocks which expand when watered 5 plant markers and Sowing & Growing Tips.
Mark Ridsdill Smith is a great champion of growing veg in very small spaces. His web site, www.verticalveg.org.uk ,is well worth a visit as is his blog. Log on to download his very helpful 'The Art of Growing Food in Small Spaces which has some great tips for those of us trying to produce food on our balconies and in our small yards.
There are a variety of citronella candles available to keep flies away from your patio table and bbq. Most of the designs are a bit twee with little design. These Citronella Tins from www.thebalconygardener.co.uk have a great simplicity about them, have a larger than average wick to prevent blowing out on breezy days and last for about twelve hours. Available in pink or orange, they both cost £6.99 each.
I am passionate about growing vegetables in small yards and salad leaves are about the most productive for small spaces. I grow them in trays in a small grow house but its not that attractive to look at.
This Living Larder Salad Garden from www.sparrowandfinch.co.uk is not only attractive but also designed to grow three different sowings of salad leaves. You can either stagger your sowings to have a continuous supply of leaves or sow three different types of salad to mix and match.
Available in French Gray finish £199.95
Minigarden from one of my favourite websites www.gardenbeet.com, is a simple and stylish vertical garden system. It is a modular system that allows you to build a garden as large or as small as you require. The design helps reduce the need for watering by controlling evaporation.
Available in black and white. £50.75
Supplied by www.turtlebags.co.uk, these recycled tomato planters have been nominated for the RHS Product of the Year Award. They are made from recyced cement bags with sturdy webbed handles by the Womwns Uplift Programme in Bangladesh. These bags are from a range that includes herb and potato planters.
The Beepol Garden Hive from www.dragonfli.co.uk houses a live colony of bumble bees in a maintenance free hive. These native disease free bees will help polinate your flowers fruit and veg including tomatoes, peppers and aubergines. Though they only last till winter new queen eggs laid will help build the native bumble bee population.
These seed packets are from www.thebalconygardener.com The range includes vegetables suitable for growing in small spaces and cost £3.25 a packet.
The packets are stunning, well worth buying just to frame.
New from www.thompson-morgan.com for 2011 is this new cascading basket variety of tomato, Tomato Losetto F1 Hybrid. This variety has shown exceptional tolerance to tomato blight that has plagued tomato growers over the last few years. The produce sweet cherry sized fruits in abundance and are perfect for hanging baskets and containers.
£3.49 for an varage of 6 seeds
