Little Harvest

Little Harvest 

A little pot, packed with fresh harvests 🌱

Enjoy a productive mix of purple kale, fresh spinach and fragrant Italian parsley, with sweet alyssum adding beauty while attracting pollinators and beneficial insects. Carefully planted using companion planting principles, this combination encourages healthy growth and provides a steady supply of fresh, homegrown ingredients for everyday cooking.

What's included in the Potted Companion: 

Kale (Brassica oleracea) for ongoing harvest, the cold weather improves its eating quality and flavour.  

Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) adds tender leafy greens packed with vitamins and minerals for fresh salads and cooked dishes.  

Italian Parsley(Petroselinum crispum var. neapolitarium) adds fresh herbaceous brightness to dishes with abundant harvests.

Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima) delicate edible flowers that attract beneficial insects, support biodiversity, and provide a hardy ground cover. 

Planted in a medium self-watering pot (25x23cm).

Why it works:

Purple kale, spinach and Italian parsley grow well together, making the most of your pot while sweet alyssum attracts pollinators and other beneficial insects. Together, they create a productive, biodiverse planting that supports healthy growth and continuous harvests.

Grow tips & Position:

Best grown in a sunny to partly shaded position that is sheltered from frost.

As a self-watering pot, keep the reservoir topped up regularly and check the water level often, especially during hot or dry weather. 

Harvest regularly from the outside in using the oldest leaves first. This encourages fresh new growth.

Fertilise regularly. 

Benefits & Uses:

Kale is a nutritional powerhouse and a rich source of Vitamin A, C, B6, Calcium and Iron. The nutritious leaves can be eaten fresh in salads or cooked as a vegetable.

Parsley is an excellent source of Vitamin A, Vitamin C and Vitamin K, and is an essential ingredient in bouquet garni. Ideal in soups, casseroles, fish, chicken and egg dishes.

Spinach is packed with iron, folate, vitamins A, C and K, making it a nutrient-rich leafy green that supports overall health. Perfect for salads, smoothies, pasta, curries, omelettes and cooked side dishes. 

Sweet Alyssum is edible with the tiny flowers and fresh leaves can be eaten. They add a mild, honey-like sweetness and a slightly peppery, cabbage-like kick to salads, cold summer soups, and desserts.