Kitchen Garden

HITTING THE SWEET SPOT

GREAT FOR BEGINNERS GET GROWING

When it comes to a vegetable that really does need to be homegrown to appreciate its fresh taste, sweetcorn must be high on the list. Unlike the starchy, lacklustre cobs you can buy in the supermarket, home-grown sweetcorn is a revelation the first time you try it, and after that there is no looking back! With its mouth-wateringly sweet and tasty kernels, sweetcorn that's produced fresh in the garden or allotment can be enjoyed straight from the plant with no cooking, just like fruit. In fact, it's not uncommon for them to be so juicy that you end up with it dribbling down your chin.

With improvements in sweetness and shelf life, sweetcorn varieties have come a long way in the last few years,

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