Growing your own vegetables and fruit is incredibly satisfying. Home grown food is usually healthier than that bought in a shop. Many of the water soluble vitamins in fruit and vegetables are lost within a short time after the food is harvested and this is avoided when food is picked immediately prior to eating. Food grown at home does not have to have a long shelf life and so varieties bred for flavour can be grown, also you can try growing unusual fruits and vegetables.50 Tips for Growing Your Own Food: Fabulous Fruit and Vegetables is a goldmine of valuable ideas to help you go some way towards self-sufficiency.Written by Judith Williams, a dedicated gardener and enemy of garden pests. Judith lives a rural life on a smallholding in mid-Wales growing most of the fresh food for her own family and also some for sale in the local Country Market.