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2 BED APARTMENTS READY TO MOVE INTO THIS NEW YEAR IN FROME!
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GETTING READY TO VEG OUT
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We hear more and more about food miles, trying to eat only produce that is in season and trying to have a greater awareness of food traceability. We’re asking more and more about what’s been used to grow the food that we eat, and how it’s been harvested and washed before being popped into the plastic bag that it so often, and unnecessarily, comes in.
I’m lucky that I have an allotment – we’ve had our plot up at Muriel Jones for several years – and we’ve had varying degrees of success. Some years are better than others, some plants grow well and provide us with a bountiful crop, some plants grow less so. But for those of us interested in where our food comes from, growing your own is often worth these ups and downs. So, with the imminent arrival of seed catalogues for the coming growing season, now seems like a good time to start thinking about what to order, and why.
1. What do you actually enjoy eating? There’s little point in growing produce that no-one wants to eat! I love broad beans so they feature every year, but if you’re not a fan of them, why would you grow them?
2. Is it worth it? Onions, a staple part of our diet, are readily available and very low cost. Other vegetables, like leeks or rocket, are more expensive to buy, so growing this kind of produce is definitely worth the effort.
3. How much space do you have? You don’t need to have an allotment or a large vegetable plot in your garden – you can grow leaves and herbs on a windowsill, and many types of vegetable will grow well in a container, like potatoes. Some can even be grown vertically, such as lettuces in pouches. However, the amount of space that you have will influence what, and how much, you can grow.
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4. What’s the soil like and how much sun will the area get? This is important, as certain vegetables prefer certain types of soil. For instance, carrots grow best in deep, rich sandy soil and don’t thrive in soil that is mainly clay, is stony or has been freshly manured. Sun is important as it helps everything grow. Using containers or building a raised bed are both ways in which we can “cheat” and manipulate nature in a friendly way to enable us to grow what we want.
5. How much time do you have? This is a consideration both in terms of committing to growing our produce and how long we’re prepared to wait. If you grow from seed, time will be needed to nurture the seeds through their germination process, pricking them out, potting them on and then introducing the young plants to the changes in temperatures in the spring. Then they’ll need to be planted out, watered, perhaps staked, and you might even need to have an evening slug patrol!
Once you’ve considered all of this, you’ll be ready to choose your seeds and get planning. And remember, gardening is all about trial and error – the sowing of something now, without the guarantee of a perfect crop. But with each new growing season, you will have learned, and hopefully harvested, a little more.
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