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Seeds sown in fight over credit crunch

Sales of vegetable seeds in Shropshire garden centres are growing because of families hit by the credit crunch deciding to plant their own rather than spend in the supermarkets. Sales of vegetable seeds in Shropshire garden centres are growing because of families hit by the credit crunch deciding to plant their own rather than spend in the supermarkets. Seed companies say a boom in British home-grown fruit and veg is here to stay, with housekeeping budgets feeling the strain of the massive rise in food prices. Staples have risen by 12 per cent in the last year. Now record numbers of families are choosing to enjoy the fruits of their own harvest. But garden centres are also warning growers to be picky in what they choose to plant, as modern smaller gardens and allotments cannot hold the crop size to make grow-your-own cost effective. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star 

North Shropshire|Apr 23, 2008
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