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 VEGETABLE GARDENING
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Freshly picked home grown fruit and vegetables are at their tastiest and most nutritious, when eaten, and there's a sense of satisfaction unlike any other in picking produce you have planted, watered, nurtured and finally you get to eat.

Age
anyone of any age can grow vegetables, don't be over ambitious. Children especially benefit, put a small area aside where they can grow their own produce, quick maturing produce are best for them such as runner beans, radish, lettuce and carrots.

Ability
There are no special abilities necessary for vegetable growing, nor physical restriction other than knowing your own physical limitation, don't be over ambitious and make a pleasurable pastime a chore, learn from your own experience.

Description
Before taking up vegetable growing seek advice, read one of the many books, look around your neighbourhood, join a local horticultural society or look at the information printed on seed packets, as to what you can grow successfully in your area. Only grow what you like eating. Grow a small amount of a variety of crops, this is more interesting for you and helps prevent diseases and insects building up. Take local advice, there is always plenty available in gardening.

Closely Related Activities
Gardening, showing, hydroponics and indoor vegetable growing, HIPS activity No's 326, 280, 281, 283. Exercise and keeping fit are also closely related activities as is cookery 157 and wine making 89.

Cost
Costs involved in vegetable growing are minimal when compared with other leisure activities, remember the costs should always be recouped from the produce recovered. Seeds ?1 per packet, perhaps some compost ?2 a bag, pest and disease control, a few pounds. Major one off investments for items such as a greenhouse. And for anyone without a garden or the ambitious, the annual rent of an allotment, these are available in most areas.

Level of Demand
The table below shows the maximum levels of demand that this activity requires. NOTE: These are not entry levels or levels of requirement and has nothing to do with ability.

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  The level of demand of Cerebral Learning that could occur as a direct consequence of absorbing factual information. Learning  

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