Kitchen Garden

GROWING ON THE WEB

EVERY YEAR, AMY TRIES TO SQUEEZE A LITTLE MORE INTO HER PLOT

As spring approached and with a little assistance from her garden helpers – aka her two children – Amy Nield had managed to clear, clean and compost, organise the pots and plant strawberry runners in some guttering, and that’s not all she’d done. We had a little chat with the gardening mum who loves to grow her own…

So, why did you start on your own plot?

It’s been 10 years since we began gardening, and we pretty much started by growing vegetables – mainly potatoes and salads. My mum is a keen gardener and

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