Ever wondered if you could grow plants from the food you buy? Grow Your Groceries shows you how.
Discover 40 simple, fun hacks to try – no gardening experience needed, just a windowsill and a recycled container.
Raise tomato plants from tomato slices. Collect strawberry seeds for endless strawberry plants. Pick salad leaves from beetroot tops. Split teabags for flowering camomile. Grow fresh cobs from popcorn kernels.
So don’t throw away your melon seeds and spring onion trimmings, save them to grow new plants instead!
Simon Akeroyd was brought up in a family of professional cooks but discovered at an early age that he preferred growing food to cooking it. He has written for numerous gardening magazines, including the monthly "Allotment Gardener" pages for Grow Your Own magazine. He was previously a garden manager for the Royal Horticultural Society, and has worked at both RHS Wisley and Harlow Carr. He also worked for the BBC as a horticultural researcher and producer. He has an allotment in Surrey and is an avid beekeeper. His books include Shrubs and Small Trees, Lawns and Ground Cover, and Grow Your Own Fruit.View titles by Simon Akeroyd
Ever wondered if you could grow plants from the food you buy? Grow Your Groceries shows you how.
Discover 40 simple, fun hacks to try – no gardening experience needed, just a windowsill and a recycled container.
Raise tomato plants from tomato slices. Collect strawberry seeds for endless strawberry plants. Pick salad leaves from beetroot tops. Split teabags for flowering camomile. Grow fresh cobs from popcorn kernels.
So don’t throw away your melon seeds and spring onion trimmings, save them to grow new plants instead!
Author
Simon Akeroyd was brought up in a family of professional cooks but discovered at an early age that he preferred growing food to cooking it. He has written for numerous gardening magazines, including the monthly "Allotment Gardener" pages for Grow Your Own magazine. He was previously a garden manager for the Royal Horticultural Society, and has worked at both RHS Wisley and Harlow Carr. He also worked for the BBC as a horticultural researcher and producer. He has an allotment in Surrey and is an avid beekeeper. His books include Shrubs and Small Trees, Lawns and Ground Cover, and Grow Your Own Fruit.View titles by Simon Akeroyd
