Gardening In The News: The Raised Vegetable Garden
The fact that garden centres in the UK have started installing a raised vegetable gardens in their stores is a sign of the overwhelming boom of growing your own veggies.
2009 has been the biggest year ever for the home grown vegetables market, with around 3 times the sales of seeds compared to the previous year. The garden centres say that the surge has been caused by the credit crunch, as people look to save money wherever possible. Yet, this trend has become very popular of late as organic food and green living are becoming mainstream.
The raised vegetavle garden has become a central attraction in many DIY stores in order to answer all the questions which gardeners are asking. It also provides an accurate idea of what you can expect from a packet of seeds.
As raised beds require virtually no weeding and sparse watering, it’s good news for busy store staff. Not on to mention it can be located anywhere irrespective of the type of ground.
Seeds and plants are always out of stock. People are not just growing the usual, but trying everything from tomatoes, to melons and peppers.
Waiting lists for allotments are so long that gardeners are forced to make
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