Grow Your Own to Cut Food Bills

A solution to high grocery bills lies in your own backyard. Pricey salad vegetables such as cucumber and radishes can be grown at a fraction of the cost of the supermarket product.

The next Create Your Own Eden workshop will focus on crops that are high-value. Tutor Adrian Myers will also cover how to grow food and what to plant when, plus the basics such as home composting and creating healthy soils. Adrian, who is a trustee of the Waimarama Community Gardens, and very green-fingered, will also be available to answer questions.

The workshop is at the Nelson Environment Centre on Saturday 13 October 2012, from 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm. The centre is in Braemar Place, Nelson off upper Franklyn Street, opposite the hospital.

To register for the workshop, contact Elizabeth Hovell, Ph 03 545 9176, or Email info@nec.org.nz