Kitchen Garden

IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR

How did you get interested in growing your own food?

Growing our own produce has never been about being completely self-sufficient and ditching those fruit and veg trips to the supermarket. Don’t get me wrong, the ‘Good Life’ way of living would be an absolute dream, but realistically for us our delicious home-grown goodies are an added bonus to our family meals.

The reason I decided to sign up for an allotment all stems from wonderful memories I have from helping our grandad on his vegetable patch when I was a small child. He would tend to his immaculate vegetable garden from dawn until dusk, stopping only for a cup of tea

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