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Herbs to Grow

As lots of people latch on to the joys of growing some of their food themselves, let me make a special case for growing herbs. After all, square foot for square foot, you can make a bigger impact on your food with herbs than with any other crop

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Herbs Quick Guide

Tying in with this month's food column here's a quick guide to some herbs which are easy to grow outdoors, especially the less easily obtainable ones

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Farmers Markets Update - Winter

When I first became involved with Farmers Markets ten years ago my vision for the markets was simply to see high quality, and a good product range of local produce on the market place being sold direct by the farmer / producer

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