Kitchen Garden

BEAUTY AND THE BEETS

COMPANION PLANTING GET GROWING

When I first got my hands on my allotment plot back in 2019, I had visions of creating a beautiful wildlife-friendly paradise. It would be filled with dainty, beeloving flowers that danced in the summer breeze, and bursting with delicious vegetables and fruit, all growing strong and happy. I would skip through the garden wearing a long, floating dress and gather up crops in my handmade wicker basket, humming a Disney song on my way home.

Of course, just a few short months into cultivating my plot and the reality of growing my own vegetables on an allotment 20 minutes from my

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