Grow your own! 🥒

Since it's spring, you'll see flowers blooming, trees becoming green and the world becomes beautiful again. And it's the time you'd normally look at growing your own things, whether it's flowers or food. Although it takes a bit more time and work than going to the shops and buying fruit and vegetables (that aren't wrapped in plastic), the feeling you get if you grow beautiful flowers or big vegetables for you to eat and cook is worth it. And by the way, you don't need a big garden or an allotment when growing things, plants just need sunshine, water and good soil, and with these elements you can grow anything. Plants don't always need to be grown in big spaces, they can be grown in pots and hanging baskets. Herbs and salad leaves are easier to grow when you don't have much outdoor space.

Some things, for example strawberries, are best planted over winter, however most are in spring. For example; beetroots- sow from March onwards and are ready to harvest from 7-12 weeks, and can be grown in a small part of garden or a 30cm deep pot; spinach- sow in early spring and will be ready by summer, they don't need a huge amount of space so a shallow container could do it; carrots- grow in spring and will be ready in 12-16 weeks, they grow well in the garden but a 30cm deep window box could do it.

As you can see, they take quite a while to grow but it'd be worth a try. I haven't said when you should water them but click here to see when you should. 

I hope you liked this tip and see you next week!

Violet

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