{"id":147,"date":"2013-05-28T12:04:26","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T12:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/?p=147"},"modified":"2018-08-29T15:09:22","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T15:09:22","slug":"50-off-new-dad-and-me-veg-seeds-starter-pack-from-seed-pantry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/05\/50-off-new-dad-and-me-veg-seeds-starter-pack-from-seed-pantry\/","title":{"rendered":"50% off new Dad and Me Veg Seeds Starter Pack from Seed Pantry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have teamed up with <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seedpantry.co.uk\/\">Seed Pantry<\/a> to offer LittleBird visitors 50% off the delightful new Dad and Me Veg Seeds Starter Packs \u2013 a great gift for green-fingered Dads and all the family this Father\u2019s Day (16th June).<br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seedpantry.co.uk\/seeds\/dadandmepack.html\">The Dad and Me Pack<\/a> contains a fantastic selection of ten easy-to-grow summer season vegetable seeds, including two gourmet lettuce varieties, chard, spinach, tumbling tomatoes, carrots, sweet peppers, French beans, tasty courgettes and Italian beetroot.<br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seedpantry.co.uk\/seeds\/the-me-seeds.html\">The Me Seeds Pack<\/a> lets younger gardeners grow four varieties of vegetables and herbs \u2013 sweetcorn, cress, pumpkins and sunflowers.<br \/>\nThe two packs contain all the equipment you need to get started, including mini propagators, bio-degradable rice husk pots, coir coconut husk pots, seed tray, organic mini compost disks, dibblet and seedling markers. Boxes include easy-to-follow illustrated instructions, plus a handy notes pencil for Dad.<br \/>\nSeed Pantry founder, Neil Whitehead says: \u201cThe Dad and Me Seeds Starter Packs make a great Father\u2019s Day present as the whole family can get involved and enjoy spending time together outdoors over summer. The seeds for children need little attention and give a great sense of satisfaction when they are added to recipes and family dishes. It\u2019s never to early to learn about growing your own vegetables at home and this pack contains a mixture of seeds that grow quickly and others that take their time, so there is always a sense of excitement when foods are harvested and eaten and new seeds are planted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ELLAME2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-153\" title=\"ELLA&amp;ME\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ELLAME2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ELLAME2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ELLAME2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ELLAME2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u201cI passionately believe it\u2019s possible to grow high quality produce even in the smallest of urban spaces.\u201d<br \/>\nIf you are looking for ideas for what to grow this month, then have a look at the Seed Pantry website for inspiration.<br \/>\nNeil says: \u201cDespite the poor weather during Spring, Summer is still a great time to get planting indoors and outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>During June and July try planting seeds for:<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Salad leaves \u2013 lettuce varieties, rocket, spinach sorrel, chicory<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Root vegetables \u2013 beetroot, carrots<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Cucurbits \u2013 cucumbers, courgettes, squash, pumpkins and gourds<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Brassicas \u2013 kale, spring onions<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Legumes \u2013 peas, mangetout, French beans, runner beans, runner beans, borlotti beans<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Herbs \u2013 basil, oregano, parsley, dill<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Sprouting seeds \u2013 cress, alfafa, mung beans<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Fruit \u2013 melon<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Other \u2013 sweetcorn, chard<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SeedPantryRClassVegPackBeetroot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-150\" title=\"SeedPantryRClassVegPackBeetroot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SeedPantryRClassVegPackBeetroot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SeedPantryRClassVegPackBeetroot.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SeedPantryRClassVegPackBeetroot-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMany of these can be planted indoors or outdoors and you don\u2019t need a big garden or large outdoor spaces as Seed Pantry\u2019s kits are designed to be grown in small spaces such as balconies, windowsills, patios, back yards as well as indoors on kitchen surfaces.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Dad and Me Veg Seeds Starter Pack is priced at \u00a348.75 and available to purchase now from <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seedpantry.co.uk\/\">Seed Pantry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the website for more information on seed and plant kits and for inspiration on growing your own fruit, vegetables, herbs and salads.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have teamed up with Seed Pantry to offer LittleBird visitors 50% off the delightful new Dad and Me Veg Seeds Starter Packs \u2013 a great gift for green-fingered Dads and all the family this Father\u2019s Day (16th June). The Dad and Me Pack contains a fantastic selection of ten easy-to-grow summer season vegetable seeds, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/05\/50-off-new-dad-and-me-veg-seeds-starter-pack-from-seed-pantry\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[7,8,42,9,84,85,86,11,12,87,88,13,36,89,90,46,19,91,92],"class_list":["post-147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-families","category-uncategorized","tag-blogging","tag-children","tag-creative","tag-families-2","tag-fruit","tag-growing","tag-healthy","tag-inspiring-families-2","tag-kids","tag-legumes","tag-lettuce","tag-littlebird","tag-recipe","tag-rocket","tag-salad","tag-saving-families","tag-saving-time-2","tag-seed-pantry","tag-vegetables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5829,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions\/5829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlebird.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}