Grow your own food

Enjoy growing the food you eat

 

 

you will need

 

  • a pot with lots of holes in the bottom for drainage
  • stones
  • peat-free multi-purpose compost
  • manure if you can get it
  • you can also buy or use different types of pots, or use tyres, baskets and canes to grow your food on

 

then follow the instructions on our downloadable activity sheet

Additional info

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comments

  • Dragonoma
    • Date: 2012-01-28 13:42:21
    • Dragonoma

    cool, my mum has this obbsesion with herbs. we grow looooaaaaads and make loads of things with them its great fun (;

  • Weaseli
    • Date: 2012-01-02 20:40:12
    • Weaseli

    I grew herbs and we ate them

  • Dragonoma
    • Date: 2011-10-28 15:42:57
    • Dragonoma

    I love growing food it makes you feel great because its good for the enviroment and all those weeks of watering and waiting really pays of because home grown food tastes soooooooo much better then the store baught type. Id really recomend this to everey one its so fun and saves money. (:

  • Kestrogro
    • Date: 2011-06-04 20:22:58
    • Kestrogro

    We are growing about 12 different kinds of veg

  • Weaseli
    • Date: 2011-05-28 20:38:49
    • Weaseli

    We're growing Mint, Oregano, Rosemary, Thyme, Basil, Coriander, Lemon Coriander, Chives and many more....

  • Sandi
    • Date: 2011-04-08 16:42:22
    • Sandi

    my dad used to grow potatoes, beans and carrots. sytrawberries too, but they didn't much work

  • Lizardunis
    • Date: 2010-06-27 11:26:25
    • Lizardunis

    I'm growing a some fruit & veg

  • Mewora
    • Date: 2010-06-19 15:11:51
    • Mewora

    Home Grown food tastes much better than when you by it from the shop!

  • Mousulus
    • Date: 2010-06-12 21:13:38
    • Mousulus

    Home grown food tastes delicious.

  • Mewacca
    • Date: 2010-03-11 11:57:03
    • Mewacca

    growing your own food is really fun once they have grown you can wash them and then eat them they are the best thing in the world and the tastest.