Five tips on growing your own veg and cutting your shopping bill
GROWING your own veg has never been easier.
January is a great time to get your garden or window box in order, so you can cut your future supermarket bill.
Start small and have a grow at these . . .
GRASS ROOTS: New to creating your own produce? Start with the Pronto Seed Grow Your Own Kitchen Herbs kit.
It comes with pots, seeds and soil to get started and is £4.99 at Amazon.co.uk.
Before you know it, you will have mint, chives, parsley, thyme, and basil.
KEEN BEANS: Hardy broad beans can be sown this month to add to tasty stews or rice dishes later in the year.
Pick up a pack of seeds for £1 at Wilko, then pot them and put them into your greenhouse or keep them indoors on your windowsill.
SALAD SAVERS: Microgreens are the early shoots of bigger crops and can bulk out salads and add flavour.
To save even more cash, use washed out yoghurt pots to plant them in and keep them on your windowsill.
In a few weeks, you should be able to snip the green sprouts and add to dishes.
SPICE AND EASY: Chillies can be grown all year round, although it’s been suggested that the earlier you sow them, the hotter they are.
Put your seeds into seed compost in a small pot and place on a sunny windowsill.
You could also cover with a plastic bag tied with an elastic band at the pot base to increase humidity and give them the best chance.
Try the Chilli Pepper Mirch Masala seeds, usually £1.95 for ten, currently 99p at sowseeds.co.uk.
STOCK UP NOW: If you really want to prep ahead, make the most of the January garden sales.
At thompson-morgan.com, take advantage of the seed clearance, with packs from just 49p until Feb 13.
And Homebase are running a huge BOGOF deal across all seeds.
- All prices on page correct at time of going to press. Deals and offers subject to availability
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