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Welcome to Home Grown Gardens where we hope you will join us in enjoying being in the garden, and even eating food that you have grown.
There is no mystery to gardening, or to growing fruit and veg, so start small and do more each year. Being in your garden and growing your own veg should be fun and rewarding, not yet another stress agent. There is no need to have straight lines, and neatly clipped edges, but good soil is fundamental. No chemicals are used by Home Grown Gardens, which means anything from the garden or veg plot can be eaten with confidence. But, being in North Yorkshire and on the edge of town means every pest you can think of, wild and domestic, visits. Growing, eating, sharing, is the ethos of Home Grown Gardens, so it's nice to have you with us.
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May 2008
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Pretty much everything will germinate at this time of year, and your only problem may be where to put everything that you have raised. Hopefully you will be picking some lettuce, rocket, chives, radishes from your garden, and maybe some early peas? As you are out and about, digging away, look out for others in the garden who are watching you. Robins and Blackbirds seem to notice everything you do, and if you’ve got chickens, then the sound of a fork in soil is a call to them to come and rummage, fertilise and wreck if you’re not careful. Carol Klein on the new look BBC’s Gardeners World was recently extolling the virtues of a home grown garden by which she means one where you grow your own food, make your own compost and share your plants with others. We couldn’t agree more! And here’s this month’s quote. Slightly more heavyweight than usual, and from a surprising source.
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