| There is nothing more satisfying than growing and | | | | crops, then as an alternative you can buy them |
| cultivating your own fruit and vegetables at home. | | | | as seedlings and plant them straight out..I guess |
| It is a great way to save money as well as | | | | you could class it as instant gardening! |
| having health benefits too, as there is no | | | | I have compiled a short list of some of the |
| pesticides or harmful chemicals that have been | | | | easiest things to grow in pots such as... |
| added to the foods as you have complete control | | | | - Spring Onions |
| over how it is prepared and grown. | | | | - Herbs |
| The great news is you do not need much cash to | | | | - Mint |
| start with. Pretty much any crop can be grown in | | | | - Coriander |
| a pot, if it's big enough. Luckily all you really need | | | | - Basil |
| to get going is a hand trowel, some seedlings, a | | | | - Rosemary |
| few pots and a bag of compost to create a | | | | - Parsley |
| harvest on your balcony or a couple of | | | | Just a quick word on garden enemies such as |
| windowsills. | | | | slugs and snails, beware of them as they crawl |
| If you have some nice gardening gloves then | | | | out from their secret hiding places at night and will |
| great, you probably won't even break any nails! | | | | destroy seedlings in hours. The best advice to |
| Don't forget to add 'crocks' to the bottom of | | | | avoid damage is to grow your crops in pots or |
| your pots and window boxes, traditionally, broken | | | | high out of their reach in hanging baskets or |
| terracotta pots that stop drainage holes from | | | | window boxes. |
| getting clogged and waterlogging plants. | | | | I hope you have found these tips on producing |
| I use a couple of handfuls of garden shingle or | | | | your own home-grown garden helpful and will put |
| stones, broken plastic pots or pieces of | | | | them into good use. |
| polystyrene packaging. If you haven't time to sow | | | | |