Cultivate seeds and save cash

Cost always enters the equation when we browse a catalogue, be it seeds or sundries.

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And in the case of edible crop raising, it is normal to compare the number of seeds and potential of resultant plants with the price of a packet.

A favourite example, perpetual spinach, costs £2.49 for 250 seeds and has a high germination rate.

Just like leaf lettuce, it is harvested on a cut and come again basis.

Sown in April and heavily trimmed when ragged, it can provide leaves for the kitchen over many months.