This is the fourteenth in a series of articles from the Eco Team at St Columba’s, which are also published in our church magazine.

Celebrate new life this Easter and have a go at growing something!  April is the perfect time to try to grow something edible or, if you are a seasoned gardener, to encourage someone else to try.  Salad leaves or herbs are a great place to start and will reduce your reliance on those oh-so-convenient supermarket salad bags.

For indoor space, try ‘micro-greens’ (vegetable leaves harvested soon after they open)

For greenhouses, try sowing salad leaf seed mixes.

For outdoors, beetroot, lettuce, onion and pea plants are frost-resistant so can all be planted outside in April.

As you sow, thank God for the opportunity to grow food, and pray for those communities that are facing food shortages and famine.

Extract from A Rocha Eco Tips calendar.