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Dare to be different

I’ve always been a little out of step with the latest trends – most of the musicians I listen to died long ago (plane or helicopter crashes seemed to be the favourite way to go).

Although a hardy few are still alive and touring, I refuse to pay the going rate of £50 a ticket to go and squint at a band from half a mile away at the NEC, remembering fondly that in my youth I could get a front row view at the Marquee – head in speaker – for around £15 (including train fare). People ask me what it was like in those days and I answer simply… pardon?

I am proud to say however, that there is one trend I have been on top of for some time and that is the trend for tasty salads. The seed catalogues are packed with them and many 'standard' veg, such as pea shoots, also taste great in the salad bowl. There is no reason these days why anyone should put up with piles of tasteless iceberg lettuce when there is so much more on offer as Sue Stickland points out starting on page 26.

Salads can be grown by anyone – whether they have a smallholding or windowbox, and that's true of lots of other tasty crops, too. Strawberries, along with herbs and tomatoes are made for growing in baskets and containers as Emma Rawlings proves in her feature on page 48. And once you have seen just how easy it is to grow your own ripe juicy fruit, why not take advantage of our special offer for 10 free* strawberry runners (just pay £3.50 p&p) on page 94.
In this bumper 116-page issue we also show you how to build a potager and grow fruit in a small garden, we travel to Slough to meet some keen allotmenteers and find out how to make plant supports – and even string – for free!

Happy plotting

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