Eating food that you've grown yourself is extraordinarily satisfying. Partly, it's the simple pleasure we all take in having done something ourselves, but there are other feel-good factors, too- being outdoors, and in touch with the seasons, really noticing the weather, taking regular exercise - all these things contribute to the magic of serving up home-grown vegetables, freshly picked and cooked, high in natural vitamins and minerals, and full of natural flavour. One thing's for sure- once you've grown your own, you'll never feel quite the same about the shrink-wrapped pack of washed and trimmed green beans or the plastic bag of pre-packed salad that you drop into your trolley at the supermarket.
Jennifer Wilkinson is an Australian freelance writer and gardener living on a self-sufficient farm in Dargo, Victoria, where she has developed her practical horticultural expertise growing a wide variety of fruit and vegetables. She has written six books on gardening and horticulture, and has been the editor of Australian Nutgrower, the nut industry journal, as well as a regular contributor of articles and photographs to the Age gardening sections. Jennifer has been a consultant on numerous DK Books. Alan Buckingham has over twenty five years' experience in illustrated publishing. He is a freelance writer, editor, gardener and photographer, and commissioning editor of books on digital art, photography and design, and has been taking photographs for almost 40 years. In the 1990s, he was a pioneer in the early days of digital imaging, multimedia, and internet publishing. Alan lives in Hampton Wick, Surrey, UK.
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