There is a wide variety of produce that you can grow in your garden, planting the seeds and caring for the young plants will give you exercise save you money and give you an immense amount of satisfaction when crops are harvested.  It is also an excellent way to introduce children into the garden, allowing you to work together on a worthwhile project & giving them an alternative to electronic entertainment.

It is most exiting to grow plants from seed. It is amazing that a plant can grow from what appears to be a small, dried up grain.

Whether you are into flowers, herbs or vegetables there's a massive range of plants that can be grown. Trowell Garden Centre sells a huge variety of seeds, seed potatoes and fruit trees together with all the tools and composts required to get you started.

Growing from seed is easy. Every packet of seeds has detailed instructions to guide you through the stages. Simply find the variety that you are looking for and you will find detailed growing guides and facts on the reverse of the packet.

Most seeds require warmth and moisture to germinate; some require light and cold stimulation. Seeds that need to be sown in early spring usually require some bottom heat (heated propagator treatment) to get them started early enough so that they fruit, flower or crop in the same season.

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