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-You have to try feshly-picked, home-grown tomates to really understand the difference in taste.+_You have to try feshly-picked, home-grown tomates to really understand the difference in taste._
  
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-Young brassicas growing in seed trays in a greenhouse in the early spring. Soon they will be ‘pricked out’ into individual pots, then later hardened off and planted out into the garden.+_Young brassicas growing in seed trays in a greenhouse in the early spring. Soon they will be ‘pricked out’ into individual pots, then later hardened off and planted out into the garden._
  
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-There have been times when growing veg was encouraged more than it is now. Veg growing is an essential skill in times of hardship.+_There have been times when growing veg was encouraged more than it is now. Veg growing is an essential skill in times of hardship._
  
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-grower gives his top ten tips for anyone thinking of starting a vegetable garden.+_A grower gives his top ten tips for anyone thinking of starting a vegetable garden._
  
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-If you have a [greenhouse or polytunnel](/grho/greenhouses-polytunnels) you can grow tomatoes, aubergines (seen here), peppers and lots of different herbs and fruits.+_If you have a [greenhouse or polytunnel](/grho/greenhouses) you can grow tomatoes, aubergines (seen here), peppers and lots of different herbs and fruits._
  
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-You can plait onions together and hang them somewhere cool and dry ready for use.+_You can plait onions together and hang them somewhere cool and dry ready for use._
  
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-At home with Charles Dowding, who seems to have perfected the no-dig technique+_At home with Charles Dowding, who seems to have perfected the no-dig technique_
  
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-Raised beds suppress weeds, increase soil temperature and drainage, and reduce the need to bend so far.+_Raised beds suppress weeds, increase soil temperature and drainage, and reduce the need to bend so far._
  
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-Curly kale – full of iron. Home-grown veg, fresh from the garden, provides tons of vitamins, minerals and taste.+_Curly kale – full of iron. Home-grown veg, fresh from the garden, provides tons of vitamins, minerals and taste._
  
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-Home-grown veg reduces the need for packaging, and reduces supermarket’s profits.+_Home-grown veg reduces the need for packaging, and reduces supermarket’s profits._
  
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 ## Further resources ## Further resources
  
-1. [Step-by-step guides to growing 50 different vegetables](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/posts/step-by-step-guides-to-growing-50-different-vegetables/+- [Allotments4All](https://www.allotments4all.co.uk/) - forum 
- +- [Kitchen Garden](https://forum.kitchengarden.co.uk/) - forum 
-3. [Month-by-month guides to growing fruit & veg](/vegg/vegetable_growing+[Step-by-step guides to growing 50 different vegetables](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/posts/step-by-step-guides-to-growing-50-different-vegetables/
- +[Month-by-month guides to growing fruit & veg](https://www.lowimpact.org/categories/plants/vegetable-growing/further-info/
-5. If you fancy having a go at the no-dig techniques that are becoming popular, there's a wealth of information from Charles Dowding [here](https://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/). +- [No-dig gardening](https://www.charlesdowding.co.uk/- Charles Dowding 
- +[How to stop slugs naturally](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/posts/stop-slugs-allotment-garden-naturally/
-7. [How to stop slugs naturally](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/posts/stop-slugs-allotment-garden-naturally/)+- [Allotment Garden](https://www.allotment-garden.org/
 +- [GardenOrganic](https://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/) - researching and promoting organic farming, gardening and food - also, organic seed catalogues 
 +- [Grow your own veg guides](https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/guides/vegetables)
  
  
  
-## Specialist(s)+## Specialist curators of this topic
  
  
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