It appears that Grow Your Own is gripping the capital this summer.
The desire to harvest crops of runner beans , tomatoes, courgettes, peppers, parsnips and much more is being fuelled by the daily musings of the London Standard newspaper which is running a “Grow Your Own” campaign. Every day a different story highlights the delight and ease with which Londoners are embracing and re-inventing this addictive gardening habit.
Latest news is that the Browns are now producing veg that is appearing on the menu at the No10 staff canteen – cos lettuce in a Ceasar Salad costing £1.99.
Although the Browns self sufficency arrived late this year – they only planted their raised beds and giant tubs in June using seedlings from a demonstration allotment in St James’s Park – the whole family are involved with sons John, five and Fraser, three, busy digging out the weeds.
Inspiration for the idea originated from Michelle Obama during her visit when she explained to Sarah Brown how she has built a very impressive vegetable garden at the White House with the help of local school children. They are pictured here taking a tour of the No 10 gardens together.
The White House Garden is much more impressive than the UK version at No 10 . Some 1,100 square feet of sprawling lawn has been dug up to create the first vegetable garden at the White House since the Second World War.
The Obamas created their organic community garden, a ‘Victory Garden’ – named after America’s wartime equivalent of Britain’s Dig For Victory campaign – in March, well in time to secure a good crop from the seeds that local children helped Michelle Obama to plant.The results look spectacular as you can see from this photo.
Mon, Jul 27, 2009
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