Kitchen Garden

BARBECUE BEAUTIES

Although family barbecues will have to be considered in the light of current advice on virus control this summer, if you love eating outdoors you’ll be anxious to dust off the oven and get cooking. Barbecuing is so much more satisfying and tasty when using your own home-grown produce and of course there is so much you can grow at home as ingredients for your outdoor recipes.

Some of the most important ingredients for making a good meal into a great one are herbs and it is so easy to grow a range of these in the garden or on the veg plot.

THE FAMOUS FIVE

Of course, your own essential herb kit will vary depending on your tastes and the recipes you love to make, but our list includes types you can grow

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