Tips for growing for your veg cheaply
Wednesday 12 Nov 2008 - 14:19:47
As waiting lists for allotments are growing ever longer and an increasing number of consumers search for ways to cut back on their food bills, they are turning to their own back yards for inspiration.
Growing vegetables is not hard and with Internet Gardener''s raised raised vegetable beds and vegetable patio planters it doesn’t require a lot of space either.
There is no doubt that home grown vegetables are popular in these credit crunched times and it is cheaper than buying at the supermarket.
According to the Daily Mail, while sprouts, cabbages and broccoli can never be accused of being glamorous, they are "ideal crops for these thrifty times".
The paper suggests growing Savoy cabbages as they have "a sweet butteryness that is surprisingly delicate".
All brassicas grow best in well cultivated alkaline soil, the Daily Mail suggests. Raised vegetable beds could provide the perfect environment for them.
Gardeners get all the joy of growing their own vegetables without the need to kneel down to tend to their crops.
The large white and the small white butterfly are cabbage''s worst enemy and the Daily Mail advise that the best way to protect crops against them is to cover them in a fine net.
Luckily, the raised veg bed growing system by Haxnicks comes with the option of a micromesh pest protection cover.
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