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An edible garden in pots

The three best things in life are fresh air, sunshine and food – and the good news is, you don’t need a big garden or even a patch of soil to enjoy them.

In part two of this series I’ll explain how to keep an edible garden in pots growing happily, including the jobs to do this month to keep your pots going, how to get the most out of your space and what to pick, when and how, as summer progresses. While some edible containers produce more to pick the more that you pick them, others will

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