Have you always had an interest in gardening?
I’ve always had an interest in gardening, and particularly growing food. Prior o getting an allotment I used to grow matoes, courgettes and chillies at home e garden. You don’t need masses of space w things, even small pots on a windowsill rk. I’d been on the allotment site waiting about six months before I got the keys and so had lots of ideas by the time it actually happened!
What prompted you to take on an allotment? Has it always been an ambition?
Some of my earliest memories are at my dad’s allotment, picking carrots straight from the ground and eating them there and then, as well as picking tubs upon tubs of raspberries! He doesn’t have his plot any more but the one I have now is on the same site, just a few plots down. I’ve always grown some bits of veg at home, but really wanted to be able to grow more varieties and ultimately work towards becoming more self-sufficient by learning how to properly store and preserve harvests. Growing your own also means you can control what has been put on the soil, it hasn’t travelled hundreds/thousands of miles, and is so much fresher as you can pick and eat pretty much straight away.
How easy have you found it to get started? Where or who do you look to for advice? Has social media been helpful to you as a beginner gardener?
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة September 2020 من Kitchen Garden.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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