Shoppers go wild for £3.99 garden essential spotted at Home Bargains that’s perfect for spring
SHOPPERS are racing to pick up a £3.99 essential from Home Bargains, that will make sure your garden is thriving in the coming months.
With temperatures beginning to climb again this week, many of us will be looking ahead to summer, and thinking about how best to make our gardens bloom.
March is the perfect time to start sowing seeds, but it is best to sow them indoors at first, before moving them into the greenhouse after they germinate.
One avid gardener, Sophie, known online as @lookinsidemygarden took to TikTok to rave about one product she has found invaluable, for helping her seeds to grow.
In the video, Sophie can be seen heading into her local Home Bargains, and picking up a simple wooden shoe rack, priced at £3.99.
“If you’re a gardener, this is the best £3.99 you will ever spend at Home Bargains,” she said.
The two tier shoe rack is crafted from fir wood, giving it a stylish look that will give your home a cosy feel.
Sophie then rushes home to assemble the shoe rack, placing it in her living room.
“It’s so easy to put together, you don’t need the instructions,” she said.
Sophie then places her seedlings, which she has potted up into tiny pots on the shoe rack.
“They’re going to be perfect for our seedlings.
“March is a busy sowing season and I need lots of space so I can get my seedlings to germinate inside.
“As soon as they germinate, I get them outside in the greenhouse. So there you have it, indoor seed station set up.
“Bring on the seed sowing.”
Once your seeds are ready to germinate, you can simply move them outside, and place your shoes on the shoe rack, to keep your home nice and organised.
According to Gardener’s World, March is the perfect time to sow seeds such as chillies, chard and chives.
March gardening jobs
The Sun's Gardening Editor, Veronica Lorraine has shared the first gardening jobs of spring.
Start sowing seeds
You can plant Aubergine seeds into propagator – or outdoors after the last frost. Or you could try growbags in a coldframe – and hopefully you can harvest from August onwards.
Have a think about planting some different varieties of seeds this year – check out She Grows Veg and other sites for heirloom varieties. There’s an astonishing array on offer, like purple carrots, globe-shaped aubergines, lime green cauliflower or storage tomatoes that stay fresh for months.
Buy and plant summer bulbs
Summer flowering bulbs provide huge big blousey blooms – with some bringing a real touch of the tropics to your garden. Try Gladioli, dahlias, calla lilies, peonies and crocosmia.
Lawncare starts now!
Start your lawn care with a boosting high nitrogen spring feed, reseed any bare patches – and you’ll probably start mowing regularly in earnest this month. If you can – keep a corner long to help wildlife.
Check compost
Dig well rotting compost into your soil. If you have the space, it’s even worth digging trenches and chucking in your rotting veg that’s usually destined for the recycling bin – then cover. It adds great nutrients for free.
Clean outside spaces
Time to blast your patios and paths with a pressure washer – if your children are responsible enough it’s a great job for them – they’ll get soaked and have fun at the same time.
Soak sweet peas
Soak your sweet peas before sowing into long narrow pots or toilet rolls – put two seeds in a pot. These can go in an unheated greenhouse – and when there’s three or four pairs of leaves, pinch out the growing tip which will make them grow outward instead of upwards.
Create a wildflower meadow
Sow a wildflower meadow – if you have room. A lot of shops now sell wildflower mixes to make things easier – or even seed bombs which can just be scattered onto the soil.
Gardening experts from the site also advised that planting seeds inside helps you to get a head start on the growing season, and increased control over germination conditions.
Sophie’s video has likely left many people impressed, as it has racked up over 1.3 million views on the video sharing platform.
TikTok users raced to the video’s comments section to share their love for for the bargain buy.
One person said: “I was just wondering where I was going to put my seedlings.
“Home Bargains here I come.”
A second person said: “Oh my! I’m going to pick these up tonight!”
A third person said: “I keep seeing people do this and it’s absolutely genius!”