Rocket Gardens delivery # 2

 The second delivery of my Constant Garden arrived from Rocket Gardens this week.

I was sent an email at 7 pm on the evening of 30 April letting me know my garden would arrive in the next 24 - 72 hours - in fact it arrived at 9.30 the next morning so less than 24 hours after dispatch!

As I effectively still had 48 hours spare before the latest delivery time, I decided to leave unpacking it until today so I left the box in a cool, dark place - away from prying hens!

Rocket allow for delivery times of up to 72 hours from dispatch , and indeed you can leave the plants for up to 24 hours after delivery, before they need planting. So in theory the plants could last up to 4 days from dispatch to planting. I am not sure I would want to risk leaving that long, though!

I unpacked the box - lovely hay packing as usual

 First layer of plants -

 All the plants were very healthy and strong looking, and still with moist root balls.

 Four layers of plants and straw later I had excavated them all and got planting!

 I am still preparing the raised beds where these plants will end up growing so for now I have put them all in multicelled trays to grow a little larger.

And of course the packaging is fully compostable :-)

In the second delivery of my small Constant Garden I received  the following growing baby plants:

Mixed Lettuce x 15

Red cabbage x 5

White cabbage x 5

Savoy cabbage x 5

Beetroot x 10

Perpetual spinach x 10

Leeks x 10

Wild rocket x 10

Rainbow chard x 10

Onions x 20

Peas x 1

Chives x 1

Carrots x 20 Sage x 1 Thyme x 1 Rosemary x 1

The Carrots plants were not sent as they have had issues with transplanting them so I received a packet of seed instead, also the Sage, Thyme and Rosemary plants are delayed until the next delivery due to the poor weather we have had recently.

I am very impressed with these plants - they are a good size and look beautifully healthy. I can't wait to start eating them !