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growing your own healthy Incan berries is no sacrifice

Posted on October 12, 2017 by The Holistic Gardener

Incan berries (Physalis peruviana) are the new kid on the block in superfoods but really they been growing round the block for a long time as an ornamental garden plant – still sold in your local garden centre as Physalis. … Continue reading →

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how to grow your own superfood blueberries

Posted on October 12, 2017 by The Holistic Gardener

Blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum, V. angustifolium) are best known as an antioxidant superfood – so we link them in our brains as we put them in the shopping trolley or fresh picked on to morning muesli as a food that slows … Continue reading →

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Grow your own almonds for beauty and health

Posted on April 17, 2016 by The Holistic Gardener

I know this is going to sound a bit Mark Twain but the first almond tree I seen was in book. And an art book at that – first year of secondary school, on detention in the library (I know, … Continue reading →

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