A quick guide to enable you to grow, store and cook, your own 7 a day portions of fruit and vegetables. Eat 2(fruit) plus 5(veg), and stay alive. The aims of the Site are:-
To bring you some basic advice on suitable vegetable seed, sets and tuber varieties, for different areas of the U.K., especially the North. Encourage you to grow suitable varieties of vegetables in order that you will have vegetables in season, even in the spring and early summer.
To suggest varieties of Soft fruit, stone and top fruits, that prosper even in the colder and wetter areas of the U.K.
To suggest soil improvement and conservation methods, labour saving techniques, and alternatives to the use of pesticides.
To provide harvesting and storage hints for fruit and vegetables, as well as recipes and cooking techniques for some of the more unusual vegetables.
To suggest sources of other useful information.
For quick navigation around this site, use the Navigation Bar at the top of each page, and the associated drop-down lists of topics. Enable Java Script in your browser to view drop-down lists, or use the Site maps at the foot of the page.
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