Rising Prices in the shops for salads and vegetables make growing your own food worthwhile.

Grow it Now.
As shop prices for salads and vegetables increase and the taste of some of them seem almost none existent growing your own makes more sense than ever.

I did not start to grow fruit and vegetables to save money but to get better quality food for less cost than I would have to pay for organic fruit and vegetables.

The surprise is that even if I do not tell people that the potatoes they are eating are home grown the flavour of the food is frequently a topic of conversation.

If you want to see if it is worth growing food, even of you only have a window box or large
flower-pot try sowing some salad leaves of the cut and grow again type.

As you harvest just he amount that you need their will be no waste. There are no food-miles clocking up as the salad just goes from the garden to the kitchen to your plate in minuets not days.

Growing your own salad means the leaves are ready to pick and washed by you so they are not being treated to keep them fresh or bagged up and chilled.

Most of all try growing your own salad leaves for the improved taste and texture they will bring to the meal on your plate.

When you harvest salad leaves from a pack of cut and grow again lettuce seeds, try to harvest the outer leaves as the inner ones will grow into little lettuces.

If you want to buy salad leaf seeds, Thompson &Morgan have a great range of salad leaves, lots of varieties to select from - Salad seeds at Thompson &Morgan.