Kitchen Garden

Have garden, will travel

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The estate agent asked: “What kind of house are you looking for? How many bedrooms?” I said: “What I need is about half an acre of garden, with enough space for a polytunnel and vegetable beds.”

So I’m moving home, leaving Somerset where I have grown in my garden and allotment for 20 years, and raised my family, for a new adventure in Wales. Of course, the house needs to have enough bedrooms, be secure and warm, and within my budget, but as many gardeners will agree, the most important consideration is the garden!

The cottage stands in about half an acre on a hillside overlooking the Teifi valley, high enough for far reaching views to distant mountain ranges, but not too elevated.

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