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Happy New Year! The start of a new gardening year is always a time to reflect an what worked well last year and to take time to think of what you wish to do better this year and what new plants you may want to grow.

Mnay of our Sweet Pea Seeds come from our own premises in Kelvedon,Essex. Watch our behind the scenes video showing the Sweet Pea Cycle, from soil to shelf.

The days are shorter and the weather has turned cooler, with frosty nights and the festive season is around the corner, but there are still a few jobs to get on with in preparation for the festive period and the new season ahead.

November has arrived, along with cooler nights and shorter days. A time for cleaning up gardens and vegetable plots ready for winter, and a time to look at back on successes and failures so you can start planning for next year.

October has arrived, along with Storm Amy and some welcome rain, as the soil was very dry. Once the weather improves there are still plenty of jobs to get on with.

September has arrived, and it is starting to feel like Autumn, especially as the evening draw in giving less daylight hours. September is a busy month bringing in the harvest, getting the ground ready for autumn and planting and preparing for next year’s crops and display.

August is a busy month for harvesting crops, cutting flowers to enjoy indoors as well as there are still crops to sow for harvesting in late Autumn and next spring.

Grow Mad, David and Claire came to visit Kings Seeds earlier this year. They had a look around our warehouses where the seeds are packed, cleaned, graded and stored, had a chance to explore our own in-house laboratory where our seeds are tested by our qualified analysts for germination, purity and vigour, and watched our seed machines work their magic.

Last month high temperatures are likely to continue into July, but hopefully with a splash of rain in between to help keep the garden and vegetable plot growing. Many crops will require harvesting this month, but it is also a time to start looking ahead to next year’s display and a few autumn crops.

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