Small is beautiful with a herb garden

Valerie O’Connor enthuses on the many advantages of having your own herb garden, be it little or large.

It’s a giddy time of year when it comes to food jumping out of the ground. It’s said that the majority of vegans and vegetarians live in cities and buy their fresh food from the shop. However, if you fancy yourself as a bit of an activist and want to save the world, then standing in a queue to pay for imported produce from unknown sources is not the ideal way to fly your veggie flag.

The biggest revolutionary statement you can ever make is to grow your own food, even a little. A few weeks ago I got myself out of a hissy-fit by planting my vegetable patch, a gift from the gardener who already knows that one way to keep me quiet is to give me a big load of muck and a dibber and a few seeds, a bit like a three-year old really.