I was appalled the other day at the price of veg in the supermatrket and even though they are putting their rpices down , I think it's still worth growing your own.
The health benefits are that you can pick them on the day you use them and you know what they've been sprayed with etc. You're less likely to have to chuck stuff out because it's gone off and you're lowering your carbon footprint.
If you have a very small garden, grow stuff in pots such as tomatoe plants, peppers and chillis {these will also grow happily on a window sill if you have no garden} Strawberries are also good . I'm still getting ripe strawberries now. If you go for alpines they will go quite happily in a flowerbed or giganticus which will give you siper huuugee strawbs! The kids will love getting involved in planting ...and eating them. You can also grow blueberries and raspberries easily although raspberries take up more space.
Salad leaves can be grown on a windowsill or in a box out side and onions are really really easy , I tend to stick them in my flowerbeds to keep the slugs off.
If you haven't got enough money to go to the garden centre make friends with a local allotment holder or gardener , if they're amnything like me or the gardeners I know they will be happy to give advice, seeds and cuttings.
The health benefits are that you can pick them on the day you use them and you know what they've been sprayed with etc. You're less likely to have to chuck stuff out because it's gone off and you're lowering your carbon footprint.
If you have a very small garden, grow stuff in pots such as tomatoe plants, peppers and chillis {these will also grow happily on a window sill if you have no garden} Strawberries are also good . I'm still getting ripe strawberries now. If you go for alpines they will go quite happily in a flowerbed or giganticus which will give you siper huuugee strawbs! The kids will love getting involved in planting ...and eating them. You can also grow blueberries and raspberries easily although raspberries take up more space.
Salad leaves can be grown on a windowsill or in a box out side and onions are really really easy , I tend to stick them in my flowerbeds to keep the slugs off.
If you haven't got enough money to go to the garden centre make friends with a local allotment holder or gardener , if they're amnything like me or the gardeners I know they will be happy to give advice, seeds and cuttings.