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It is over twenty years since I tasted home grown food from the kitchen
garden for the first time. Sun-ripened tomatoes eaten straight from
the vine , juicy strawberries still warm from the midday sun, sweet
corn picked and eaten within the hour before the sugar turns to starch.
It was truly a defining moment in my life .
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Pride
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| How Can I help I can help you realise your dream of "growing your own food " it really is not difficult . My philosophy in the garden is to be as organic as possible . I will help you design ,and plan your kitchen garden, offering advice , hints and tips when you need them most - to help you get the highest yield from your garden throughout the year . The name of the game is to put fresh , nutritional organic food on to your table . I promise you really won't look back. Whether you want to grow herbs in a window box or run a five acre smallholding ,my expertise built up through college training and two decades of hands on experience will help you achieve what you require . I have written over 100 published gardening articles , copies of which are available . Find out more about my writing career and gardening life in the about me section. You may be able to spare one hour per week or five hours per day , it is not important . I will show you techniques that will help you put fresh nutritious food on your table, for minimal effort . Modern varieties today mean balcony and courtyard gardens can supply a tremendous amount of food from a small space. For anyone without a garden an allotment provides a wonderful alternative. A medium size allotment will feed a family of five for much of the year. |
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| Ornamental Kitchen Garden Flowers and vegetables can mix with great success . Gone are the Victorian days of rose beds and mass regimented planting . Planting edible plants with ornamental ones brings great benefits in areas such as pest control. Pests such as the cabbage white butterfly often cannot detect the aroma of the host plant , consequently they fly into your neighbours plot instead ! The late former Gardeners World TV presenter Geoff Hamilton was a great advocate of this approach. I too believe this method is under -estimated and have practiced it with great success for five years on one of my allotment plots. I offer full advice for as long as you require it on this exciting way of growing kitchen garden produce. |
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The Kitchen Garden |
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| Herbs Herbs are nature's miracle workers . Medicinally and for flavouring food they have no equal. Would you like to grow herbs, but lack the confidence and knowledge to begin ? I will advise on how to set up and maintain a herb garden , indoors or out . Also how to have a supply of many herbs for 12 months of the year. |
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Horticulture and the horticulturalist |
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The Kitchen Garden |
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Kitchen Garden Trivia * Did you know it is possible to harvest cabbage and lettuce for 12 months of the year * * Many cabbage plants will produce three cabbages per plant * * Tomatoes can be grown at home without a greenhouse * * Many fruits and vegetables can be grown in containers + pots * * Pests and diseases can be controlled organically, without harming wildlife * * Flowers and edible crops can share the same garden * * Companion planting helps to minimise pest damage * * The "hungry gap" can be shortened dramatically * * Some allotment sites allow you to sell surplus produce * |
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