Dear Editor:

As a child growing up in Britain during the Second World War, I was very much aware of the need for us to 鈥淕row Our Own.鈥�

Playgrounds and every bit of spare ground were dug up for allotments.

This was especially good for people in tenements or with no garden.

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We ate a lot of vegetables, but not exotic ones from other countries.

There were no freezers at that time, so we did a lot of canning and preserving of fruits that grow there, such as raspberries, blackberries, black currants, plums and cherries, and also tomatoes.

I still have a garden. When I bought my house in2005, there was all lawn, both back and front. I have xeriscaped the front yard and planted several trees in the back and took out a lot of the back lawn for mostly flower beds.

However, I do have a good sized vegetable garden and a large box which my son built. It is eight feet by four feet and table height, so easy for weeding and no heavy digging.

I am fortunate to have a peach tree and an apricot tree, both of which give me more than I can use myself, so I am able to give a lot away.

I also use my own compost and no pesticides.

I feel there is so much land in the Okanagan that could be used for growing vegetables and small fruits, and the climate is ideal.

Pixie Marriott

Summerland

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