The Little Gardener's Guide — kids

Seed of the Month: October

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This month's seed is so pretty it has a colour named after it... the Cornflower!

Hunt through your seed collection and dig out your cornflower. The button at the bottom of this page will take you to our guide on sowing and caring for this lovely plant, but first, here are 5 fun facts...

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Growing Sprint Cress

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Liven up your eggs with the easiest thing you can possibly grow. You don't even need a garden... or soil!

You can grow cress on a windowsill, giving you ready access to these amazing microgreens all year round. Here are some interesting approaches to growing your organic cress from seed!

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Growing Pak Choi

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Pak Choi grows incredibly fast. You can eat the baby leaves in just 30 days, but the mature plant will be fully grown in 45! You can snip leaves off as and when you need them and they will regrow, giving you a steady supply of stir fry!

This guide will show you how to grow this amazing brassica from seed.

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Growing Cherry Tomatoes

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Home grown cherry tomatoes are one of natures finest treats. Far better than anything you can buy in the shops, these little beauties are as nutritious as they are sweet. Which is very!

We'll walk you through the steps in growing your organic cherry tomatoes from seed.

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Growing Ladybird Flowers

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The ladybird flower is a type of poppy with bright red petals and big black splodges! It will also drop its own seeds into the ground, so you’ll see it come back year after year.

It’s a ‘hardy annual’, meaning you can sow it as late as Autumn and the seeds will survive the winter, giving you a head start on next year’s gardening and a much earlier bloom.

 

This guide will show you how to sow and care for your plant through it's lifecycle.

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