Grow your own has rapidly gone from being a minority interest to a majority pursuit among Britain's gardeners. HTA figures show the proportion of gardeners growing food crops has shot up from 22 per cent two years ago to 54 per cent now. But only 36 per cent of gardeners - two crop growers in three - grow fruit trees and shrubs. Yet a far greater share - 62 per cent -say they would like to. Among the reasons respondents gave for not doing so are lack of space, lack of knowledge and simply not havingconsidered the option.
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