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their own food, and I hope they will use their knowledge for years to come.Growing fruit and veg is a great way to introduce kids to gardening - just about every child I've ever met loves giving away gifts, especially things they have made or grown

now. They’re much more likely to germinate and grow successfully now that the soil’s warmer. It would have been a risk planting them a few weeks ago when it was still so cold.Some vegetable seeds can be sown directly outdoors now. I tend to sow only

, studded with little fruits. To help it along I covered it with the largest cloche I could find.The strawberries, including the summer fruiters I mentioned in my last blog, are still producing fruit (unlike the raspberries). We harvest a cereal bowl full