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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.

To a brand new year: 🥂 2022

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.

December: the end of the growing season

Time to tidy up the garden, choose new varieties from our tester seeds, and share the app's new fun features - for experienced Planty Gardeners too.

New plant varieties for the 2022 Planty Garden

In 2021, we tested 6 kinds of seeds. Which ones will be in the shop and app next year and which ones didn't make the cut?

Ready for winter + affordable seeds

About how to prepare your beds for winter, which vegetables to leave or remove, and why most seeds are now available at a discounted price.

Garlic and winter onions: they're back

We received a nice batch of garlic bulbs and red shallots, specifically for winter cultivation. Now is the time to plant them 🙂

2023 harvest report: starting on 1 March

We sowed a Makkelijke Moestuin raised bed on 1 March 2023 and recorded its harvest throughout the year. Here's how the season went.

To a brand new year: 🥂 2022

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.

December: the end of the growing season

Time to tidy up the garden, choose new varieties from our tester seeds, and share the app's new fun features - for experienced Planty Gardeners too.