Grow
your own
Nothing beats growing your own flowers and vegetables.
It is one of my greatest pleasures to fill my home with beautiful fresh flowers, especially if they are scented.
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Similarly, home grown vegetables taste so much better than shop-bought. Once you start growing your own, you'll be hooked.
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I love sharing how rewarding and fun growing your own can be.
There's something truly wonderful about bringing a bunch of freshly-picked scented seasonal flowers into the house to enjoy. But if you're anything like me, you won't want to cut flowers from your beds or borders and risk spoiling your view.
Having a dedicated cut flower area is the perfect solution, particularly when it comes to tulips, and with just a little forward planning, it's possible to enjoy beautiful displays of flowers throughout the year.
Annuals sown from seed can be combined with flowers from perennials, foliage from shrubs and even leaves from vegetables to create lovely scented displays.
Grow your own vegetables
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Growing your own fresh vegetables is an incredibly rewarding way to get more from your garden and nothing beats picking your own produce.
With some early preparation and judicious sowing, you can expect great results in year one. For those with sufficient space, I highly recommend planting asparagus. Because these plants take a few years to get established, it's always worth getting them planted as soon as possible. In addition, the foliage is great for use in cut flower displays.
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Whatever your tastes and ambitions, I can help you to discover why growing-your-own is both fun and productive.
There's simply nothing better than picking and eating vegetables that you have grown yourself and it's really easy to do.
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Even if you're tight on space, it's still possible to grow a variety of fresh, tasty produce by incorporating them into your beds and borders, or filling pots and containers.
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I always recommend growing vegetables organically without the use of chemicals and pesticides (you can even buy organic seed to get started). Once you have started growing your own, you'll wonder why you didn't do it years ago!
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