Cook's garden

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Want to eat organic food, but not pay the high prices?  Grow your own in your garden designed to keep your table groaning with delicious food all through the summer...

Get the look with 5 key elements:

• Raised beds Originally designed as being better for drainage, raised beds are practical as they make weeding and tending easier, especially if you suffer from back pain.
• Orderly rows Make weeding easier by planting in rows. It'll make remembering what you've sown - and where - easier too!
• Sight screen Beans and peas are a pretty way of screening off more unsightly areas of the garden, such as bins and a compost heap - they climb up trellises and have ornamental flowers.
• Herb gardens Native herb varieties, such as mint, chives and rosemary will flourish almost anywhere, but Mediterranean ones, such as basil, prefer well-drained pots that can be moved to follow the sun.
• Garden helpers Introduce useful insects and animals into your patch with toad houses (toads eat slugs and snails), ladybird hotels (ladybirds eat aphids) and bamboo bee nests (bees are essential for pollination.

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