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How to 'Grow Your Groceries'

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published June 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM CDT
The cover of "Grow Your Groceries" beside author Simon Akeroyd. (Courtesy of Penguin Random House)
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The cover of "Grow Your Groceries" beside author Simon Akeroyd. (Courtesy of Penguin Random House)

An author and gardener recommends saving money by growing your vegetables at home. Simon Akeroyd, author of “Grow Your Groceries,” offers advice to Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd.

Book excerpt: ‘Grow Your Groceries’

By Simon Akeroyd

Excerpted with permission of Penguin Random House.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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