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    A PINK WHEELBARROW and a passion for gardening

    Jul 27, 2021 4 minutes

    Do you have an allotment or a patch in the garden?

    I share my garden with a 14ft trampoline, two swings and a lot of footballs that belong to my two gorgeous children who care only that the garden is a place in which to play, and so it should be. That does not however mean it cannot also be a pretty and productive paradise, loved by pollinators and grown-up people alike!

    I grow most of my veg in five raised beds built in the furthest corners from the footballs around the garden. All of the fruit and herbs, with the exception of strawberries which have their own dedicated raised bed, are grown in the borders intermingled with

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