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Mid-May: hardening off and yellowing seedlings

Last year the summer vegetables were already outside by now. This year, not yet. About slow growth, yellowing seedlings and crowded windowsills.

Sowing beans and hardening off summer vegetables

About crowded windowsills, Ice Saints, hardening off step by step and why this is a good time to sow beans.

Busy with the summer vegetables

Repotting tomatoes, raising larger summer vegetables, and increasingly full windowsills. Plus: how is everything doing outside?

Late April, heading into May

About pre-sprouting and pre-sowing courgettes and cucumbers, starting now, and why May is my favourite gardening month.

10 easy seeds for beginners

Which vegetables are genuinely easy for your first garden, grow well, rarely fail and give a quick harvest? Plus: there is still just time to sow tomatoes.

Easter, spring and strawberries

These everbearing strawberries are easy to care for and give you large, tasty fruit all summer. They are available temporarily, while stocks last.

The best spot for your Planty Garden

How to find the best spot for your vegetable garden? Close to home, in the sun, protected from the elements, and not too close to trees and bushes.

2025 in the MM: a personal account

How the Makkelijke Moestuin water reservoir nearly drove me mad, why extremely difficult challenges can still be worth it, and where we are now.

Now: the MM early-bird discount 🎉

For a limited time, get 10% off everything: raised beds, seeds, MM-mix and accessories. Our way of thanking you for helping to ease the spring rush early 😀

2025 test seed results - 4 make the cut

Summer endive, cut-and-come-again kale, butterhead lettuce and loose-leaf lettuce are joining the app in 2026. Chard, summer spinach, cos lettuce and pointed cabbage didn't make the cut.

Autumn: harvesting, clearing and enjoying the garden

How to prepare your raised beds for winter, which vegetables to leave in place or remove, plus discounts on selected seeds.

Late September: we're keeping going 🙂

You can still sow a few things now, especially with some protection. What tolerates the cold, saving your own seeds and enjoying autumn.