Kitchen garden essentials to buy for Autumn 2024

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Autumn has officially arrived which means the soil in your garden should be soft and supple enough to start planting those vegetable bulbs and seeds.

To get your growing space ready, you'll need to start by clearing away any weeds, dead plants or other debris.

Then it's onto working the soil: if your soil is fertile and well cared for, then you shouldn't need to do much preparation other than digging a hole for your plant to sit in, whereas compacted soil needs to be broken up and aerated. You may also want to enrich the soil by spreading a layer of compost over your garden and work it onto the top six inches of soil.

After that it will be time to start planting your bulbs, but which ones? Depending on the size of the kitchen garden you're trying to plant, you can soon rack up quite the bill on vegetables.

Luckily, stores like DT Brown have all the autumn vegetables you'd need – including autumn planting bulbs as well as seeds and bare root fruit – and they're running several special offers to help you save money.

From bundles on autumn planting onions, shallots and garlic to savings on essential tools, DT Brown is here to provide. Here's our pick of the best kitchen garden essentials.

Shop DT Brown's £1 seed sale

Up until the end of October you can get dozens of DT Brown's finest seeds for £1.

From roast dinner staples like carrot and beetroot, to herbs like Parsley and Basil, you can stock up on all the seeds you'll need for the next year for less.

Normally, these seed packets cost anywhere between £1.99 to £5.29, so getting all seeds for just £1 is a great bargain.

Shop the £1 seed sale at DT Brown

Get ahead on your kitchen garden now with DT Brown

DT Brown have plenty of deals on at the moment to help you save on your autumn kitchen essentials.

Get £5 off when you buy three packs of onions, shallots and garlic

When you buy three packs of autumn planting onions, shallots or garlic, you can get £5 taken off your basket. There are over 20 packs available including Radar Onion Sets, Shakespeare Onion sets and Elephant Garlic Cloves.

Buy autumn planting onions, shallots and garlic

It's the right time to plant bare root fruit

Autumn is the best time to plant dormant bare-root fruit as they can handle being lifted up and put down in a new home, and they tend to establish quickly. Whether its rhubarb, strawberries, blackcurrant, you'll need to get planting sooner rather than later.

Buy bare root fruit plants

Buy four two-litre potted fruits and get one free

DT Brown also has a deal on two-litre potted fruit. You can get the cheapest for free when you buy any four. Right now the cheapest available is the Blueberry Bluecrop Plant for £10.95, so you'd be saving at least that.

Buy two-litre potted fruits

Save £5 when you buy four packs of potatoes

Get £5 off when you buy four packs of potatoes. Like with the rest of DT Brown there are dozens of varieties available, from the classic Maris Piper to the rusty red Duke of York's.

Buy seed potatoes

Get free shipping on all orders over £35

Any orders over £35 come with free shipping, and you'd be surprised how quickly you can spend that!

Get free shipping on orders over £35

Claim 25% off Darlac tools

Darlac tools are now available for 25% off. This includes the Darlac Hand Bulb Planter, the Darlac Telescopic Ratchet Lopper and the Darlac Swivel Shear.

Buy Darlac gardening tools