Kitchen Garden

OUR PLOTTER OF THE MONTH

KAYLEIGH AND DEAN BEIRNE

FROM NEWPORT, WALES

Do you have an allotment or a garden veg patch and how long have you been growing?

An allotment and been growing a year as a serious effort, though we did grow some vegin pots in the garden the previous year. We got into gardening a few years back after Kay had some tough times in work as away to improve our mental health; we enjoyed watching plants grow, which in turn led to questions as to how our food grows. We bought some veg seeds followed by two pumpkin plants which took over the garden and that was it – we were hooked!

Do you share your plot with other people?

Just the two of us – we share

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