Garden pride

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August 20, 2018

There are so many benefits of growing your own vegetables and fruit. Just getting out in the open air, doing a bit of gentle exercising as you tend to them and watching them grow, is good for your mental wellbeing. And, adding freshly picked produce from the garden really does make a delicious, healthy meals. Not to mention you can be completely sure that there is no added rubbish in ’em!

It has been a hot summer, which should have bought about a lot more produce than normal, so how has your garden grown? Tell us all about your prize tomatoes or knobbly carrots. Have you grown anything unusual this year? Will you be entering your produce into any garden shows? We would love to know, add a picture too. Go on boast about your home-grown food!

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