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A Unique Child: Grow your own - Time to dig in

Now is the time to start planning your vegetable plot for a bumper crop

January is the time we traditionally examine our lifestyles after the excesses of Christmas, making new year resolutions and plans for the coming 12 months. In the garden, January is also the month to make plans, particularly down on the vegetable plot – whether you are taking stock of last year’s crops or starting a new venture.

At Snapdragons Keynsham, we are lucky to have a walled garden that would have supplied fruit and vegetables for the property’s original Victorian household. This provides ideal growing conditions with plenty of sun, shelter and not too many large trees. If you have a choice as to where you are going to start your vegetable plot, there are three important factors to consider.

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