Ludlow Lifestyle Jul - Aug 2022
Summer is here – we’ve got an issue filled with sunshine! We’ve interviewed French chef Raymond Blanc, got some delicious recipes and are looking at all the ways to transform the home and garden in a few easy steps.
Summer is here – we’ve got an issue filled with sunshine! We’ve interviewed French chef Raymond Blanc, got some delicious recipes and are looking at all the ways to transform the home and garden in a few easy steps.
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GROW FOR<br />
Gold<br />
In this edition, our regular<br />
contributor Matt Biggs gives<br />
us advice on how growing<br />
your own can be both cost<br />
effective and rewarding...<br />
With prices rising and evidence of some<br />
empty shelves in the shops, now might be<br />
the time for a little bit of ‘Dig for Victory’<br />
spirit!<br />
There are so many ways of adding to<br />
your food options, from a few radishes to<br />
add some peppery perk to your salads to<br />
courgettes, beetroot, peas, Japanese and<br />
Chinese salad leaves, tomatoes and, of<br />
course, the humble spud!<br />
Even if you have no space, balconies,<br />
hanging baskets and even windowsills<br />
can host something edible from chilli<br />
plants and herbs to hanging tomatoes -<br />
and there is nothing like picking your own<br />
home grown produce and taking it straight<br />
to the kitchen. Many local Colleges offer<br />
short courses to help you get started,<br />
there are books, videos, TV programmes<br />
and your local garden club - all there to<br />
get your growing energies into gear.<br />
As well as the physical activity involved<br />
in preparing the ground and hoeing and<br />
weeding there is a mental benefit too<br />
and this is becoming more and more<br />
recognised as we rush from work to shop<br />
to home - a little time spent in the open<br />
air with the birds in the background is<br />
very beneficial and if you join a gardening<br />
club there is a social side too, as there is<br />
in having an allotment and sharing both<br />
gardening knowledge and produce.<br />
Children too can join in - an easy to grow<br />
packet of seeds and a large pot or a<br />
patch of earth and off they go - and there<br />
is a lot of learning in a packet of seeds,<br />
from biology to botany, the maths of<br />
sowing and spacing, the responsibility of<br />
being in charge of something, watering<br />
and weeding and then the joy of sharing<br />
what is grown - it is win, win all the way,<br />
and if the odd slug or snail comes along,<br />
they too have a place!<br />
To find out more about Matt visit his<br />
website matthewbiggs.com<br />
Everything for your house and garden - and more<br />
• Bedding Plants • Shrubs • Perennials<br />
• Trees • Fruit • Roses<br />
• Seeds • Pots & Compost<br />
• Fencing & Timber • Fertilizer<br />
• Pest Control • Tools<br />
• Free Local Delivery with all<br />
over £50 orders<br />
Email:<br />
gardencentre@ludlowhomecare.co.uk<br />
Opening hours:<br />
Mon - Sat: 9am - 5pm<br />
Sun: 10am - 4pm<br />
Ludford Bridge, <strong>Ludlow</strong>, Shropshire SY8 1PE<br />
Tel 01584 874554 / 876042 Fax 01584 873285<br />
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