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Sprout and grow
March is the the month in in in which light comes flooding back into the the world The longer days of March allow you to to to start planting a a a a a a a a few seeds indoors either to to to replant them them out- doors doors doors later on on on on or or or or or to to let them them continue grow- ing indoors or or or or on on on a a a a a balcony If yours is a a a a a a small home that only offers indoor growing options tomatoes peppers chilli lettuce and herbs are good alterna- tives if you you you you want to grow
some of your own food If you you you you have a a a a a a a a a a a a balcony or or or patio you you you you can be a a a a a a a a a a a a a bit more elaborate and plant a a a a a a a a a a a a a few seed- lings or or or or seeds outdoors Leaf lettuce spinach and chard yield well even when confined to to a a a a a a a a a a a small growing area You can also grow
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potatoes in in large buckets but they require a a a a a a a a a a bit more space If you you you have a a a a a a a a a a a a garden you you you can go complete- ly bananas and and and grow
on as as as much land as as as you you you you you can handle If you’re also able to to to to store store your produce it is very easy to to to to to grow
and and and then store store potatoes and and and root root vegetables vegetables in in a a a a a a a a a root root cellar and and other vegetables vegetables in in the the freezer One good tip which also lets you you use more of of what you you grow
is to to take advantage of of the tops and and greens found for example on beet- root cauliflower broccoli carrots and and also parsnips Please note that the potato shaws are inedible!
Growing perennials is fun – plants that come back year year after year year – such as rhubarb wild strawberries mint (perfect for dehydrat- ing ing ing ing and and using as as as a a a a a a a a a a tea) as as as is planting some berry bushes One exciting and and tasty perenni- al is asparagus But you you need to keep at it it for for a a a a a a a a a a a couple of years before you you can harvest Stones and seeds I I keep many green plants indoors Most of them are small trees that I I I raised from avo- cado cherry and mango stones If you don’t
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