Gardening guru reveals secret hack to transform your vegetable garden for free – & why now’s the perfect time for it
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All recommendations within this article are informed by expert editorial opinion. If you click on a link in this story we may earn affiliate revenue. AS a gardener, you wouldn't plant a rhododendron in chalky soil. And when it comes to clematis - it ‘roots in the shade - scrambles up to the sun’ - while roses do well in heavier clay.
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But why don’t we give the same attention to where our vegetables grow best?. This is what gardener and author Lucy Chamberlain is asking, with a brilliant new book ‘Grow Food Anywhere.’. Filled with crucial advice on how to zone your garden, it explains what veg grow best where and how to get the most out of your harvests.
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She told Sun Gardening; “We put plants in the garden as edibles because we want to eat them - and that obviously is our primary driver. "But if you can think about where you put them, you’ll end up with robust, content crops that will reward you with the very best harvest.
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The Sun's Gardening Editor, Veronica Lorraine has shared the jobs that will keep you busy during the first month of the new year. Don't bin your Christmas tree. If your Christmas Tree is still hanging around, shred it and use as a mulch - or just cut it into sticks with secateurs, hide it somewhere it won’t be in the way and let it rot gently into your soil - adding nutrients and providing a home for insects.
