The first blog of 2022: with best wishes, why we do what we do, plans for the coming year, and a - small - look behind the scenes.
Happy New Year
Best wishes for this new year - also on behalf of the rest of the team. Hopefully, it will bring you everything you wish for, and maybe even more.
Last year was pretty special, wasn't it? In all respects, but also for the vegetable garden. Just think of the freezing spring and the wet summer.
But whatever the coming year will be, we are really looking forward to making it a great garden year.
Packed with vegetables, that's what we're aiming for
We are always overflowing with plans and ideas, and some we are already working on. So I planned to make a long blog to tell all about them.
But actually, it's far more important why we are doing it: to make growing your own vegetables as easy as possible - for everyone who wants to.
Because we sincerely believe that by doing so we make the world a little bit better, healthier and happier.
Bees and bumblebees on the licorice plant
What is more beautiful than planting a few seeds in the ground, and tiny plants will emerge after a while?
Which - with a bit of attention from you - will grow bigger and bigger, provide a home for bees and butterflies, and which you can eventually harvest.
That is why we do what we do and work on every day.
Yummie: home-grown vegetables
When more and more people are joining us, we can:
make the app even better,
make products more sustainable,
pack them responsibly,
convert plastic into garden boxes that last forever,
devise solutions against pests (snails)
expand our seed range
improve our service
etcetera, etcetera.
I'm sure you get the idea. It works both ways. What we do cannot be done without you.
Our motto: by and for Planty Gardeners
Our goal is that you'll be even more enthusiastic about Planty at the end of this year than you already are. That is what we are going for.
Planty Gardening is live
We moved to a large warehouse because we want to do things even better.
That's where we'll be doing everything:
Storing our stuff.
Production (think of the sawing and drilling of the Hero's and bamboo boxes).
Packing.
Collecting and preparing the orders.
In short: (almost) everything that used to be done at shipping houses and workshops we want to do ourselves.
Currently, we are working hard to get everything ready for the upcoming high season. Super fun and totally different from what we usually do:
Planty Gardening: de Makkelijke Moestuin in het Engels
New start at a new location
We moved to a large warehouse because we want to do things even better.
That's where we'll be doing everything:
Storing our stuff.
Production (think of the sawing and drilling of the Hero's and bamboo boxes).
Packing.
Collecting and preparing the orders.
In short: (almost) everything that used to be done at shipping houses and workshops we want to do ourselves.
Currently, we are working hard to get everything ready for the upcoming high season. Super fun and totally different from what we usually do:
Working on the new location
linksboven: oude containers ombouwen tot kantoor- en schaftketen
rechtsboven: Bart en ik isoleren de wanden
linksonder: Kees en Wouter bij de zaagmachine
rechtsonder: Arjen zet de voorraad op de juiste plek
We streven ernaar om half januari te beginnen met een klein aantal bestellingen. Gaat dat goed, dan voeren we het aantal op, net zo lang tot we alles zelf kunnen doen.
Hulp gevraagd
In de vorige mail schreef ik al dat er 3 nieuwe soorten bij onze zaden komen: platte peterselie, de langwerpige Franse radijs, en de afrikaantjes. We hopen de zakjes rond eind februari in de shop te zetten.
Testpakketje zaden
Ook dit jaar willen we weer een aantal soorten gaan testen. We denken aan wat bloemen en misschien nog wat kruiden.
Zelf ben ik fan van dit bijzondere plantje dat in het Engels tooth-ache plant heet. De kiespijn plant:
De kiespijnplant: iets om te testen?
Het ziet er niet bijzonder uit, maar wacht maar tot je het proeft. Bovendien schijnt het heel gezond te zijn.
Maar precies weten we het nog niet, dus als jij een goed idee hebt: laat het ons weten. Doe dat dan liefst als reactie op deze post op de community:
