Grow your own – a foodies’ guide

thetimes.co.uk - Mark Diacono

Even the smallest kitchen garden can transform your cooking, and save you money, writes Mark Diacono

Even at the smallest of scales, growing a little of what you eat can be quietly life-changing, and it is remarkably simple, as long as you stick to two rules. First, be excited about whatever it is you grow. Value every few centimetres, every pot. Second, bite off what you can chew: building up from a small success is so much more rewarding than scaling back from a large failure. Even a collection of herbs in pots by the back door can transform every meal you eat, which is a satisfying outcome from little expense or effort.