Kitchen Garden

MERRY BERRIES

Following on from last month where we looked at growing strawberries in pots and planters, this month we are again looking at fruit which is ideal for growing in containers. Cranberries and lingonberries are excellent choices for pot culture, allowing fruit to be grown in even the smallest of spaces. You don’t need a vast orchard to grow your own fruit at home … just a couple of pots on a balcony or patio and you too can enjoy your own home-grown harvest of delicious fresh fruit.

Whereas strawberries needed little introduction, cranberries and lingonberries are much less well-known, in this country at least. For most people their only experience of cranberries would be as an accompaniment to the Christmas turkey, or perhaps the sweetened juice drink available in cartons. Lingonberries are even

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