| 12 Benefits to "Grow Your Own" Growing your own has lots of plus points! - It can help reduce waste (both food and packaging) as you just pick what you want from your garden or kitchen window sill.
- You can enjoy seasonal produce, and even store some food for the winter.
- You can share it with neighbours and friends, especially if you produce more than you need, or give it as a gift to someone. You can inspire them to grow their own, too!
- It can lead to a new interest - gardening, whether inside or outside!
- It can save you money.
- You don't need a lot of space - you can grow herbs on a window sill or on a balcony, for example, or in a pot on a patio and these days you can get dwarf trees, helpful for if you have a smaller garden.
- It can give you a feeling of great satisfaction as you pick what you've grown.
- Food you've grown yourself always tastes nicer, somehow!
- It's a great way to teach children where food comes from - and to get them into having fun in the garden, too! Get them cooking with the produce they produce!
- Grow herbs or a salad, and you can have it when you want - no running off to the shops on a last minute dash!
- The choice of what you grow is incredible - everything from herbs to fruit, vegetables to salads. Try something new!
- You can feel a sense of self-sufficiency!
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