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    GROWING ON THE WEB

    May 28, 2019 5 minutes

    How long have you been growing your own food?

    Having spent my childhood summers at my grandparents’ countryside farm, I was infected by the love of kitchen gardens from an early age. My best childhood memories are of strawberry fields and currant plants, and I’ve been working on recreating that idyllic atmosphere in my own garden for more than seven years now.

    What got you interested in growing your own food?

    This all started with the love of cooking. Once my husband and I started experimenting with cooking, we soon realised the importance of quality ingredients and their effect on the final result of the food. Therefore, we have started building connections with a butcher, a fishmonger, a dairy farmer and a lamb farmer as well. But we have

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